Hybomorphus
| Hybomorphus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
| Tribe: | Storeini |
| Genus: | † Saunders & Jekel, 1855 |
| Species: | †H. melanosomus
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| †Hybomorphus melanosomus Saunders & Jekel, 1855
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Hybomorphus is a genus of weevil in the family Curculionidae.[3] There is just one species in the genus, the type species, Hybomorphus melanosomus,[3] the Lord Howe Island ground weevil.[1]
The genus and the type species were first described by William Wilson Saunders and Henri Jekel in 1855.[3][4]
The weevil is now presumed extinct, not having been seen since the late 19th century despite intensive collecting effort.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c "Lord Howe Island ground weevil (Hybomorpus melanosomus) - presumed extinct species listing". NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855". Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Saunders, W. W.; Jekel, H. (1855). "Descriptions de quelques curculionites". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Série III (in Latin). 3: 289–306, col. pl. 15 [301, 304, pl. 15 figs 8, 8a-c].