Helmoreus

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

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. 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.
  2. Broun, Thomas (1880). Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. 1. Wellington: James Hughes. p. 546.
  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.
  4. 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.


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