Biology:Helmoreus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Helmoreus
Helmoreus sharpi lateral.jpg
Lateral view of Helmoreus sharpi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Anthribidae
Tribe: Stenocerini
Genus: Helmoreus
Holloway, 1982[1]
Type species
Anthribus sharpi
Broun, 1880[2]

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]

(As of 1998), 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Holloway, B. A. (1982). Anthribidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand. 3. Wellington: Science Information Division, DSTR. pp. 66–69. ISBN 978-0-477-06703-4. https://biotaxa.org/fnz/issue/view/362. 
  2. Broun, Thomas (1880). Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. 1. Wellington: James Hughes. p. 546. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23775848. 
  3. May, Brenda M. (1993). Larvae of Curculionoidea. (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview. Fauna of New Zealand. 28. Lincoln, NZ: Manaaki Whenua Press. p. 34. https://biotaxa.org/fnz/article/view/1787/. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 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. 
  5. Lawrence, John F.; Ślipiński, Adam (2013). Morphology, Classification and Keys. Australian Beetles. 1. Collingwood, VIC: CSIRO. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-643-09729-2. 
  6. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21213569 entry