Sitona Germar, 1817
(a genus of weevils)

Interactions where Sitona is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

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Affected Part 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 Summary
imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Microsoma exiguum a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Notes on parasites of Sitona in Europe, with especial reference to Campogaster exigua (Meig.), Berry, P.A. & Parker, H.L., 1950
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Microsoma exiguum/Microsoma exiguuma parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona/Sitonaa genus of weevilsimago larva is endoparasitoid of imago
spreads Broad Bean Stain virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Broad Bean Stain virus/Broad Bean Stain virusa phytopathogenic virus Animal / vector /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona/Sitonaa genus of weevils is spread by
spreads Broad Bean True Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Broad Bean True Mosaic virus/Broad Bean True Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Animal / vector /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona/Sitonaa genus of weevils is spread by

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Berry, P.A. & Parker, H.L., 1950Notes on parasites of Sitona in Europe, with especial reference to Campogaster exigua (Meig.)Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 52: 251-258.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Sitona (a genus of weevils) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sitona (a genus of weevils) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Sitona ambiguus
a weevil
Species 4 trophisms
Sitona cylindricollis
a weevil
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Sitona gemellatus
a weevil
Species 7 trophisms
Sitona hispidulus
Clover-root Weevil
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Sitona humeralis
a weevil
Species 4 trophisms
Sitona lateralis
a weevil
Species 3 trophisms
Sitona lineatus
Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil
Species 7 trophisms 2 references
Sitona lineellus
a weevil
Species 5 trophisms
Sitona macularius
a weevil
Species 7 trophisms
Sitona obsoletus
a weevil
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Sitona puncticollis
a weevil
Species 5 trophisms 1 references
Sitona striatellus
a weevil
Species 4 trophisms
Sitona sulcifrons
a clover weevil
Species 6 trophisms
Sitona suturalis
a weevil
Species 3 trophisms
Sitona waterhousei
a weevil
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSitona (a genus of weevils)
TribeSitonini (a group of weevils)
SubfamilyENTIMINAE (a subfamily 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 Sitona (a genus of weevils)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kevan, D.K. 1959 The British Species of the genus Sitona Germar (Col., Curculionidae) Ent. Mon. Mag.: 251-261.

Sitona (a genus of weevils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Berry, P.A. & Parker, H.L. 1950 Notes on parasites of Sitona in Europe, with especial reference to Campogaster exigua (Meig.) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 52: 251-258.

Parasitoids

Stigenberg, J. & van Achterberg, K. 2016 Review of the Palaearctic (and Oriental) Allurus (Braconidae, Euphorinae) based on material from Sweden Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7853: 1-13.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sitona (a genus of weevils):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Sitona (a genus of weevils)
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