''Hybomorphus'' is a genus of weevil in the family

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. Th ...

. 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 William Wilson Saunders (4 June 1809 – 13 September 1879) was a British insurance broker, entomologist and botanist. Saunders was an underwriter at Lloyd's of London. He served as president of the Royal Entomological Society, Entomological ...

and

Henri Jekel Henri Jekel (September 21, 1816, Paris - August 4, 1891) was a French coleopterist. Life and work Jekel ran a natural history items and books store in Paris. In 1849 he wrote a revision of the work ''Genera et species Curculionidarum'' by the Sw ...

in 1855. The weevil is now presumed extinct, not having been seen since the late 19th century despite intensive collecting effort.

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Curculioninae Curculionidae genera Taxa named by William Wilson Saunders Monotypic beetle genera {{Curculionidae-stub