Tapiromimus gibbirostris Wollaston, 1877
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Fowler et al., 2025)
Last record: 1967 (Fowler et al., 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wollaston, T. V. (1877). Coleoptera Sanctae-Helenae. John Van Voorst, London.
Other references:
Decelle, J. and Voss, E. (1972). Curculionidae. In: Basilewsky, P. (ed.). La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène. Deuxième partie. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Zoologie. 192: 306-515.
Fowler, L., Stevens, N., Key, R., Peyton, J., Scipio-O'Dean, C. J., Sherwood, D., Sharp, A. and Wilkins, V. L. (2025). Tapiromimus gibbirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T66187757A68313972. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T66187757A68313972.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.