| 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 |
| Type species | |
| Anthribus sharpi Broun, 1880 | |
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. It is found in New Zealand, Australia, and New Caledonia. It is in the tribe Stenocerini.
As of 1998, species include:
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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