[Entomology • 2019] Metapocyrtus kitangladensis • A New Pachyrhynchus cumingii Mimic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from Mindanao Island, Philippines

 

Metapocyrtus kitangladensis Cabras, Medina & Zhang, 2019
Pachyrhynchus cumingii Waterhouse, 1841

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.853.30595

Abstract
A description of a new species from the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from Mt Kitanglad Range Natural Park, an ASEAN Heritage Site in northern Mindanao is presented and illustrated. The recent discovery is also the first mimic record of Pachyrhynchus cumingii GR Waterhouse, 1841 which are both found in the same locality. A Coptorhynchus sp. showing similar elytral patterns was also documented to be part of the mimicry complex. The new species differs from the other two species in having a distinct transverse groove between forehead and rostrum and the antennal scape reaching beyond the hind margin of the eye.

Keywords: Bukidnon, endemism, Mt Kitanglad Range Natural Park, weevil

Figures 15–17. 15 Metapocyrtus kitangladensis sp. n. 16 Coptorhynchus sp. 17 Pachyrhynchus cumingii GR Waterhouse, 1841.

Metapocyrtus kitangladensis sp. n.

Analyn A. Cabras, Milton Norman D. Medina and Guanyang Zhang. 2019. Metapocyrtus kitangladensis sp. n., A New Pachyrhynchus cumingii GR Waterhouse, 1841 Mimic from Mindanao Island, Philippines. ZooKeys. 853: 119-129. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.853.30595
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