Analyn Anzano Cabras‡, Milton Norman Medina§, Maurizio Bollino|Corresponding author: Analyn Cabras ( ann.cabras24@umindanao.edu.ph ) © Analyn Cabras, Milton Norman Medina, Maurizio Bollino. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Cabras AA, Medina MN, Bollino M (2021) Two new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrynchini), subgenus Orthocyrtus Heller 1912, from Mindanao Island, Philippines. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e63201 |  |
Two new Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912, subgenus Orthocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini) are described and illustrated from Mindanao Island, Philippines. The species are Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) davaoensis sp.n. and Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) hirakui sp.n. from Davao City and Bukidnon respectively. Brief bionomical notes and phenotypic characters compared to their sympatric Entiminae counterparts are also reported. The discovery of M. (O.) davaoensis sp.n. in Davao City confirms how understudied coleoptera are in Mindanao, and underlines the potential for the discovery of new species even in highly urbanized areas.