| Hybomorphus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| 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 1855.34
The weevil is now presumed extinct, not having been seen since the late 19th century despite intensive collecting effort.12
References
References
- "Lord Howe Island ground weevil (Hybomorpus melanosomus) - presumed extinct species listing". NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- 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.
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Hybomorphus Saunders & Jekel, 1855". Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- 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].