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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| 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.
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
- ^ "ITIS report, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- "GBIF, Heliscus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "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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