Gymnetron melanarium (Germar, 1821)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Gymnetron melanarium is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva causes gall of stem Veronica speedwells Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gymnetron melanarium/Gymnetron melanariuma weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica/Veronicaspeedwellsstem
larva larva feeds on Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gymnetron melanarium/Gymnetron melanariuma weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwell

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Gymnetron melanarium (a weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnetron melanarium (a weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnetron melanarium (a weevil)
GenusGymnetron (a genus of weevils)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnetron melanarium (a weevil)

Gymnetron melanarium (a weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gymnetron melanarium (a weevil):

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