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Hybomorphus
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Curculioninae
Tribe:	Storeini
Genus:	†Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855
Species:	†H. melanosomus
Binomial name
†Hybomorphus melanosomus Saunders & Jekel, 1855

Hybomorphus is a genus of weevil in the family Curculionidae. There is just one species in the genus, the type species, Hybomorphus melanosomus, the Lord Howe Island ground weevil.

The genus and the type species were first described by William Wilson Saunders and Henri Jekel in 1855.

The weevil is now presumed extinct, not having been seen since the late 19th century despite intensive collecting effort.

References

1. ^ "Lord Howe Island ground weevil (Hybomorpus melanosomus) - presumed extinct species listing". NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. ^ Olliff, A.S. (1899). "The insect fauna of Lord Howe Island". The Australian Museum Memoir. 2: 77–98. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1967.2.1889.482.
3. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855". Retrieved 8 August 2021.
4. Saunders, W.W. & Jekel, H. (1855), "Descriptions de quelques curculionites", Annales de la Société Entomologique de France III 3: 289-306, col. pl. 15 (in Latin), 3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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