Helmoreus Sharpi
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''Helmoreus'' is a genus of
fungus weevil Anthribidae is a family of beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other i ...
which was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle. * Circum ...
by the New Zealand
entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
Beverley Holloway Beverley Anne Holloway (married name Kuschel; 25 October 1931 – 11 May 2023) was a New Zealand entomologist. Holloway was a preeminent lucanid systematist and was awarded the New Zealand Commemoration Medal in 1990 for services to New Zeala ...
in 1982. The generic name honors the scientific illustrator
Des Helmore Desmond W. Helmore (born 1940) is a New Zealand artist and illustrator, known both for his fine art and for his scientific work depicting insects, not least illustrating the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. One of the country's most noted and ...
. It is found in New Zealand, Australia, and
New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
. It is in the tribe Stenocerini. , species include: * '' Helmoreus agathidis'' * '' Helmoreus curvirostris'' * '' Helmoreus dugdalei'' * '' Helmoreus dufouri'' * '' Helmoreus gressitti'' * '' Helmoreus nothofagi'' * '' Helmoreus sharpi'' * '' Helmoreus watti''


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Anthribidae Beetles of Oceania {{anthribidae-stub