Heliscus

Heliscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Passalidae
Subfamily:	Passalinae
Tribe:	Proculini
Genus:	Heliscus; Zang, 1906
Synonyms
	Coniger Zang, 1905 ; Hebicus Moreira, 1925 ; Soranus Kaup, 1871 ; Soronus Moreira, 1922 ;

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.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Heliscus:

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

1 2 "ITIS report, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
↑ "GBIF, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
1 2 "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

Citizen science observations for Heliscus at iNaturalist

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[itis-1] 1 2 "ITIS report, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.

[gbif-2] "GBIF, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.

[catlife-3] 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Heliscus Zang, 1906". Retrieved 2024-10-19.

[Bouchard2024-4] 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.