''Helmoreus'' is a genus of
fungus weevil
Anthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed, may occasionally be longer than the body and thread-like, and can be the longest of any members of Curculionoidea. As in the Nemonychidae, the labrum ...
which was
circumscribed
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by the New Zealand
entomologist
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Beverley Holloway in 1982. The
generic name honors the scientific illustrator
Des Helmore.
It is found in New Zealand, Australia, and
New Caledonia
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It is in the tribe
Stenocerini.
, species include:
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Helmoreus agathidis''
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Helmoreus curvirostris
''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 Caledon ...
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Helmoreus dugdalei''
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Helmoreus dufouri''
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Helmoreus gressitti
''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 Caledon ...
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Helmoreus nothofagi
''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 Caledon ...
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Helmoreus sharpi
''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 Caledon ...
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Helmoreus watti
''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 Caledon ...
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References
Anthribidae
Beetles of Oceania
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