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Helea

Helea is a genus of darkling beetles, native to Australia. The scientific name of genus was published by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.

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Helea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Heleini
Genus: Helea
Latreille, 1804

Helea is a genus of darkling beetles (family Tenebrionidae), native to Australia. The scientific name of genus was published by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.1

The genus consists of three species:2

  • Helaeus brownii (Kirby, 1819)
  • Helaeus piceus (Kirby, 1819)
  • Heleus perforatus (Latreille, 1817)
References

References

  1. "Helea Latreille, 1804". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  2. "Helea Latreille, 1804". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 11 January 2026.