Platyrhinus resinosus (Scopoli, 1763)
(Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil)

Interactions where Platyrhinus resinosus 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 fruitbody Daldinia concentrica King Alfred’s Cake, Cramp-ball Xylariales: Xylariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Anthribidae/Platyrhinus resinosus/Platyrhinus resinosuscramp-ball fungus weevillarva Fungus / internal feeder /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia concentrica/Daldinia concentricaKing Alfred’s cake, cramp-ballfruitbody
imago imago is associated with Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Anthribidae/Platyrhinus resinosus/Platyrhinus resinosuscramp-ball fungus weevilimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashes
is associated with Daldinia-infested Fraxinus excelsior Ash Lamiales: Oleaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Anthribidae/Platyrhinus resinosus/Platyrhinus resinosuscramp-ball fungus weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus excelsior/Fraxinus excelsiorashDaldinia-infested

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

Platyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Platyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil)
SubfamilyANTHRIBINAE (fungus weevils)
FamilyANTHRIBIDAE (fungus 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 Platyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil)

Platyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Platyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of Platyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil)
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