Helmoreus is a genus of fungus weevil which was circumscribed by the New Zealand entomologist Beverley Holloway in 1982. The generic name honors the scientific illustrator Des Helmore.[1][3] It is found in New Zealand, Australia, and New Caledonia.[4] It is in the tribe Stenocerini.[5][6]
| Helmoreus | |
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| Lateral view of Helmoreus sharpi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Anthribidae |
| Tribe: | Stenocerini |
| Genus: | Helmoreus Holloway, 1982[1] |
| Type species | |
| Anthribus sharpi | |
As of 1998[update], species include:[4][1]
- Helmoreus agathidis Kuschel, 1998
- Helmoreus curvirostris Kuschel, 1998
- Helmoreus dugdalei Kuschel, 1998
- Helmoreus dufouri (Montrouzier, 1861)
- Helmoreus gressitti Kuschel, 1998
- Helmoreus nothofagi Kuschel, 1998
- Helmoreus sharpi (Broun, 1880)
- Helmoreus watti Kuschel, 1998
References
edit- ^ a b c Holloway, B. A. (1982). Anthribidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 3. Wellington: Science Information Division, DSTR. pp. 66–69. ISBN 978-0-477-06703-4.
- ^ Broun, Thomas (1880). Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Wellington: James Hughes. p. 546.
- ^ May, Brenda M. (1993). Larvae of Curculionoidea. (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview. Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 28. Lincoln, NZ: Manaaki Whenua Press. p. 34.
- ^ a b Kuschel, G. (1998). "The subfamily Anthribinae in New Caledonia and Vanuatu (Coleoptera: Anthribidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 25 (4): 353–458. doi:10.1080/03014223.1998.9518163.
- ^ Lawrence, John F.; Ślipiński, Adam (2013). Morphology, Classification and Keys. Australian Beetles. Vol. 1. Collingwood, VIC: CSIRO. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-643-09729-2.
- ^ Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H. C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea. (Insecta: Coleoptera). (Excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Barcelona: Entomopraxis. pp. 18, 35. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
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