Helmoreus
{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Helmoreus sharpi lateral.jpg
|image_caption=Lateral view of Helmoreus sharpi
|taxon=Helmoreus
|authority = Holloway, 1982
|type_species=Anthribus sharpi
|type_species_authority=Broun, 1880
}}
Helmoreus is a genus of fungus weevil which was circumscribed by the New Zealand entomologist Beverley Holloway in 1982. The generic name honors the scientific illustrator Des Helmore. It is found in New Zealand, Australia, and New Caledonia. It is in the tribe Stenocerini.
{{As of|1998}}, species include:
- Helmoreus agathidis {{small|Kuschel, 1998}}
- Helmoreus curvirostris {{small|Kuschel, 1998}}
- Helmoreus dugdalei {{small|Kuschel, 1998}}
- Helmoreus dufouri {{small|(Montrouzier, 1861)}}
- Helmoreus gressitti {{small|Kuschel, 1998}}
- Helmoreus nothofagi {{small|Kuschel, 1998}}
- Helmoreus sharpi {{small|(Broun, 1880)}}
- Helmoreus watti {{small|Kuschel, 1998}}
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