Heliscus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Passalidae |
| Subfamily: | Passalinae |
| Tribe: | Proculini |
| Genus: | Heliscus Zang, 1906 |
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Heliscus is a genus of bess beetles in the family Passalidae. There are about 12 described species in Heliscus, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]These 12 species belong to the genus Heliscus:[3]
- Heliscus championi (Bates, 1886) (Guatemala, Mexico)
- Heliscus decipiens (Kuwert, 1897) (Costa Rica)
- Heliscus eclipticus (Truqui, 1857) (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico)
- Heliscus falsus (Kuwert, 1897) (Mexico)
- Heliscus moroni Reyes-Castillo, Asiain & Márquez, 2015 (Mexico)
- Heliscus rectangulatus (Luederwaldt, 1941) (Costa Rica)
- Heliscus ridiculus (Kuwert, 1891) (Guatemala, Mexico)
- Heliscus rotundicornis (Luederwaldt, 1941) (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Heliscus tikotepekensis (Kuwert, 1897) (Mexico)
- Heliscus tropicus (Percheron, 1835) (Mexico)
- Heliscus vazquezae Reyes-Castillo & Castillo, 1986 (Mexico)
- Heliscus yucatanus (Bates, 1886) (Guatemala, Mexico)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ITIS report, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "GBIF, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ a b "Catalogue of Life, Heliscus Zang, 1906". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony; Cai, Chenyang (2024). "On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (1194): 1–981. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1194....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440. PMC 10955229. PMID 38523865. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
External links
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