Helluomorphoides Ball, 1951

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 842

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
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scientific name	Helluomorphoides Ball, 1951
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Treatment

Genus Helluomorphoides Ball, 1951

Helluomorphoides Ball, 1951: 136. Type species: Helluomorpha texana LeConte, 1853 by original designation. Etymology. From the generic name Helluomorpha and the Greek suffix - oides (resembling, having the form of), alluding to the resemblance of adults to those of Helluomorpha [masculine].

Diversity.

Twenty-three species in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (seven species) and Neotropical (20 species) Regions.

Identification.

Ball (1956a) revised the North American species. The taxonomy and nomenclature of these species have not changed since.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae