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]

Hybomorphus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Tribe: Storeini
Genus: Hybomorphus
Saunders & Jekel, 1855
Species:
H. melanosomus
Binomial name
Hybomorphus melanosomus
Saunders & Jekel, 1855

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "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 III 3: 289-306, col. pl. 15 [301, 304; pl. 15 figs 8, 8a-c] (in Latin), 3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)