Tournotaris bimaculata (Fabricius, 1787)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Tournotaris bimaculata 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
feeds on stem UK/Ireland LILIIDAE monocotyledonous flowering plants True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/Tournotaris bimaculataa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Liliidae/Liliidaemonocotyledonous flowering plantsstem
larva larva feeds within shoot Foreign Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/Tournotaris bimaculataa weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/Carexsedgesshoot
feeds on stem UK/Ireland Phragmites australis Common Reed Poales: Poaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/Tournotaris bimaculataa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/Phragmites australiscommon reedstem
larva larva feeds within shoot Foreign Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet-grass Poales: Poaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/Tournotaris bimaculataa weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/Glyceria maximareed sweet-grassshoot
feeds on stem UK/Ireland Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary-grass Poales: Poaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/Tournotaris bimaculataa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/Phalaris arundinaceareed canary-grassstem
feeds on stem UK/Ireland Typha latifolia Bulrush, Greater Reedmace Poales: Typhaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tournotaris bimaculata/Tournotaris bimaculataa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/Typha latifoliabulrush, greater reedmacestem

Author & YearTitleSource
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTournotaris bimaculata (a weevil)
FamilyERIRHINIDAE (a family of 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 Tournotaris bimaculata (a weevil)

Tournotaris bimaculata (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 Tournotaris bimaculata (a weevil):

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