Stenopterapion meliloti (Kirby, 1808)
(a seed weevil)

Interactions where Stenopterapion meliloti 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 feeds within stem Melilotus melilots Fabales: Fabaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion meliloti/Stenopterapion melilotia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsstem
larva larva feeds within stem Melilotus albus White Melilot Fabales: Fabaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion meliloti/Stenopterapion melilotia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotstem
larva larva feeds within stem Major Melilotus officinalis Ribbed Melilot Fabales: Fabaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion meliloti/Stenopterapion melilotia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus officinalis/Melilotus officinalisribbed melilotstemMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenopterapion meliloti (a seed weevil)
GenusStenopterapion (a genus of beetles)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive 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 Stenopterapion meliloti (a seed weevil)

Stenopterapion meliloti (a seed weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stenopterapion meliloti (a seed weevil):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Stenopterapion meliloti (a seed weevil)
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