IRMNG - Helops Fabricius, 1775

IRMNG taxon details

Helops Fabricius, 1775

IRMNG_ID

1288584 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1288584)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Anteros Laporte, 1840 · unaccepted > junior homonym

Hypulus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted > junior homonym (also an unnecessary replacement name)

Mesohelops Reitter, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Helops latipennis Hope, 1843
Species Helops pallidus Curtis
Species Helops aeneus Olivier, 1795 accepted as Amarygmus morio (Fabricius, 1777)
Species Helops aterrimus Gray, 1832 accepted as Cyphaleus rugosus (Gray, 1832)
Species Helops barbata Fabricius, 1792 accepted as Melandrya barbata (Fabricius, 1792)
Species Helops canaliculata Fabricius, 1787 accepted as Melandrya dubia (Schaller, 1783)
Species Helops cuprarius Weber, 1801 accepted as Amarygmus cuprarius (Weber, 1801)
Species Helops fasciatus Panzer, 1793 accepted as Hypulus bifasciatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Species Helops obliquata Fabricius, 1801 accepted as Penthe obliquata (Fabricius)
Species Helops ovipennis Casey, 1890 accepted as Adelium ovipenne (Casey, 1890)
Species Helops pimelia Fabricius, 1801 accepted as Penthe pimelia (Fabricius)
Species Helops rufipes Fabricius, 1775 accepted as Homotrysis rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)
Species Helops rugosus Gray, 1832 accepted as Cyphaleus rugosus (Gray, 1832)
Species Helops schneideri Panzer, 1795 accepted as Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1795)
Species Helops sericea Sturm, 1807 accepted as Zilora obscura (Fabricius, 1794)
Species Helops serrata Fabricius, 1775 accepted as Melandrya caraboides (Linnaeus, 1760)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. [xxxii] + 832 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36510
page(s): 257 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Helops Fabricius, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288584 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-13 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (10)

original description Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. [xxxii] + 832 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36510
page(s): 257 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) [details]

status source Bousquet, Y.; Thomas, D. B.; Bouchard, P.; Smith, A. D.; Aalbu, R. L.; Johnston, M. A.; Steiner Jr., W. E. (2018). Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys. 728: 1-455., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Aalbu, R. L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A.; Merkl, O.; Davies, A. E. (2021). Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). ZooKeys. 1050: 1-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Anteros Laporte, 1840) Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères, avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé, Tome Deuxième. Paris : P. Duménil. 563 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81425
page(s): 235 [details]

original description (of Hypulus Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 114 [details]

original description (of Mesohelops Reitter, 1922) Reitter, E. (1922). Bestimmungstabelle der palaearktischen Helopinae (Col. Tenebrionidae). I. Teil. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 39(1-4): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11969553
page(s): 31 [details]