Two new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 from the islands of Homonhon and Mindanao, Philippines, with taxonomic notes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrynchini)

Analyn A Cabras; Tobias Mainda

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.4

Two new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 from the islands of Homonhon and Mindanao, Philippines, with taxonomic notes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrynchini)

Zootaxa. 2023 Aug 2;5323(3):409-417. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.4.

Authors

Analyn A Cabras¹, Tobias Mainda²

Affiliations

¹ Terrestrial Invertebrate Research Laboratory; URESCOM; Davao Oriental State University; Dahican; City of Mati; 8200 Philippines. ann.cabras24@gmail.com.
² Friedrich-Loeffler-Strae 56; 17489 Greifswald; Germany. tobias.mainda@gmx.de.

PMID: 38220959
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.4

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 from the islands of Homonhon and Mindanao: Metapocyrtus (Sclerocyrtus) rolandmuelleri Cabras and Mainda sp. nov. and Metapocyrtus (Sclerocyrtus) dabaw Cabras and Mainda sp. nov. are described and illustrated in this paper. It is also proposed to transfer a species from the subgenus Artapocyrtus Heller, 1912 to Sclerocyrtus Heller, 1912: Metapocyrtus (Sclerocyrtus) latinasus Heller, 1925.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera*
Philippines
Weevils*