Hybomorphus

Hybomorphus
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Conservation status
Extinct [1] [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Curculioninae
Tribe:	Storeini
Genus:	† Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855
Species:	†H. melanosomus
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]}

References

1. "Lord Howe Island ground weevil (Hybomorpus melanosomus) - presumed extinct species listing". NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. 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 .
3. "Australian Faunal Directory: Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855" . Retrieved 8 August 2021.
4. 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].