Saturday, August 5, 2023

[Entomology • 2023] Metapocyrtus rolandmuelleri & M. dabaw • Two New Species of the Genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrynchini) from the Islands of Homonhon and Mindanao, Philippines, with Taxonomic Notes


 Metapocyrtus (Sclerocyrtusrolandmuelleri 
Cabras & Mainda, 2023


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 (Sclerocyrtusdabaw 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.

Key words: biodiversity, Coleoptera, endemic, oriental region, beetles, weevils

A–D. Metapocyrtus (Sclerocyrtusrolandmuelleri sp. nov.
A—♂ holotype, dorsal view; B—♀ paratype, dorsal view;
C—♂ holotype, lateral view; D—♀ paratype, lateral view.

A–E. Metapocyrtus (Sclerocyrtusdabaw sp. nov.  
A—♂  holotype,  dorsal  view;  B—idem,  lateral  view; 
C—aedeagus, dorsal view; d—idem, lateral view; E—sternite IX in dorsal view.

A–E. Metapocyrtus (Sclerocyrtus) latinasus Heller,  1925;
A—♂  paratype,  dorsal  view;  B—idem,  lateral  view; C—aedeagus, dorsal view; d—idem, lateral view; E—labels.


Analyn A. Cabras and Tobias Mainda. 2023. 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. 5323(3); 409-417. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.4