Hybomorphus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
Tribe: | Storeini |
Genus: | †
Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855 |
Species: | †H. melanosomus
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Binomial name | |
†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]
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Hybomorphus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
Tribe: | Storeini |
Genus: | †
Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855 |
Species: | †H. melanosomus
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Binomial name | |
†Hybomorphus melanosomus Saunders & Jekel, 1855
|
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]
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citation}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)