-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Weevils (Superfamily Curcuiliooidea)

-​Straight-snouted Weevils (Family Brentidae)

-Pear-shaped Weevils (Subfamily Apioninae)

The Apioninae subfamily of weevils, part of the Curculionidae family (true weevils), includes species commonly known as pear-shaped weevils. These weevils are named for their distinctive pear-like body shape and are characterized by a bulging, rounded body and a relatively short but stout rostrum (snout).