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Issue: Vol. 4263 No. 1: 8 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.11
Page range: 194–200
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Eupholus Boisduval from West New Guinea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (SMNK), Erbprinzenstr. 13, D-76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
Les Plots, 07380 Jaujac, France
West New Guinea Arfak Mts. cox1 Entiminiae weevils Coleoptera

Abstract

Eupholus Boisduval is outstanding among weevils for its large body size and splendid coloration. Nevertheless, some species have eluded discovery until recently. Here we describe E. marielaurae sp. n. from the Arfak Mountains of West New Guinea. We provide morphological and molecular characters to differentiate it from E. cuvierii (Guérin-Méneville).

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