Smicronyx reichii (Gyllenhal, 1835)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Smicronyx reichii 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 UK/Ireland Blackstonia perfoliataQuestionable Yellow-wort Gentianales: Gentianaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Smicronyx reichii/Smicronyx reichiia weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Gentianaceae/Blackstonia perfoliata/Blackstonia perfoliatayellow-wort?
feeds on UK/Ireland CentauriumQuestionable centauries Gentianales: Gentianaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Smicronyx reichii/Smicronyx reichiia weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Gentianaceae/Centaurium/Centauriumcentauries?
larva larva feeds within seedhead UK/IrelandMajor Centaurium erythraea Common Centaury Gentianales: Gentianaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Smicronyx reichii/Smicronyx reichiia weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Gentianaceae/Centaurium erythraea/Centaurium erythraeacommon centauryseedheadMajor
pupa pupa may be found in soil below Centaurium erythraea Common Centaury Gentianales: Gentianaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Smicronyx reichii/Smicronyx reichiia weevilpupa Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Gentianaceae/Centaurium erythraea/Centaurium erythraeacommon centaurysoil below
feeds on UK/Ireland GentianellaQuestionable gentian Gentianales: Gentianaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Smicronyx reichii/Smicronyx reichiia weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Gentianaceae/Gentianella/Gentianellagentian?

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSmicronyx reichii (a weevil)
GenusSmicronyx (a genus of weevils)
SubfamilySMICRONYCHINAE (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 Smicronyx reichii (a weevil)

Smicronyx reichii (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 Smicronyx reichii (a weevil):

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