ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e79044
Three new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller 1912, subgenus Orthocyrtus Heller 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrhynchini), from Mindanao Island, Philippines
Analyn Anzano Cabras‡, Milton Norman Medina§§, Genelyn Madjos|, Maurizio Bollino¶‡ University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines§ University of Mindanao, Davao, Philippines| Western Mindanao State University, Zamboanga City, Philippines¶ Museo di Storia Naturale del Salento, Lecce, Italy
Corresponding author: Analyn Cabras ( ann.cabras24@umindanao.edu.ph ) © Analyn Cabras, Milton Norman Medina, Genelyn Madjos, 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, Madjos G, Bollino M (2021) Three new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller 1912, subgenus Orthocyrtus Heller 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrhynchini), from Mindanao Island, Philippines. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e79044 |  |
Abstract
Three new species of genus Metapocyrtus Heller 1912, subgenus Orthocyrtus Heller 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrhynchini) from Mindanao Island, Philippines are described: M. (O.) regalis sp.nov., M. (O.) tboli sp.nov. and M. (O.) reagani sp.nov. Photographs of their habitus and male genitalia are presented.
Keywords
archipelago, beetles, endemic, novel species, taxonomy, weevils