Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)

The genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 is the most speciose and taxonomically complex genus in the tribe Pachyrhynchini. It is known to be endemic in the Philippines, with most species having a very narrow range of distribution. There are already more than 230 species of Metapocyrtus documented in the...

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Autores principales: Analyn Cabras, Chrestine Torrejos, Milton Norman Medina
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:81d460df45164745977f0c8377769af92021-11-04T04:30:40ZMetapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)10.3897/BDJ.9.e725611314-2828https://doaj.org/article/81d460df45164745977f0c8377769af92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72561/download/pdf/https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72561/download/xml/https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/72561/https://doaj.org/toc/1314-2828The genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 is the most speciose and taxonomically complex genus in the tribe Pachyrhynchini. It is known to be endemic in the Philippines, with most species having a very narrow range of distribution. There are already more than 230 species of Metapocyrtus documented in the Philippines.Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines, is described with brief notes about its ecology. Its specific epithet is from the Cebuano word “dagtum” which means pitch black referring to the colour of the integument of the species.Analyn CabrasChrestine TorrejosMilton Norman MedinaPensoft Publishersarticlebeetlesbiodiversitynew speciessouthern MindaBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENBiodiversity Data Journal, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 1-11 (2021)
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topic beetles
biodiversity
new species
southern Minda
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle beetles
biodiversity
new species
southern Minda
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Analyn Cabras
Chrestine Torrejos
Milton Norman Medina
Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
description The genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 is the most speciose and taxonomically complex genus in the tribe Pachyrhynchini. It is known to be endemic in the Philippines, with most species having a very narrow range of distribution. There are already more than 230 species of Metapocyrtus documented in the Philippines.Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new species of the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines, is described with brief notes about its ecology. Its specific epithet is from the Cebuano word “dagtum” which means pitch black referring to the colour of the integument of the species.
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author Analyn Cabras
Chrestine Torrejos
Milton Norman Medina
author_facet Analyn Cabras
Chrestine Torrejos
Milton Norman Medina
author_sort Analyn Cabras
title Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_short Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_full Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_fullStr Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_full_unstemmed Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_sort metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from davao de oro, mindanao island, philippines (coleoptera: curculionidae: entiminae: pachyrhynchini)
publisher Pensoft Publishers
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/81d460df45164745977f0c8377769af9
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