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Issue: Vol. 5541 No. 4: 28 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.4.2
Page range: 438-454
Abstract views: 105
PDF downloaded: 5

Three New Mimetic Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from Mt. Candalaga, Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines

Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Biology Program; Davao Oriental State University; Dahican; Mati City 8200 Philippines
Faculty of Computing; Data Sciences; Engineering; and Technology; Information Technology Program; Davao Oriental State University; Dahican; Mati City 8200 Philippines
Tropical Genomics Laboratory; URESCOM; Davao Oriental State University; Dahican; City of Mati; 8200; Philippines
Terrestrial Invertebrate Research Laboratory; URESCOM; Davao Oriental State University; Dahican; City of Mati; 8200; Philippines
Coleoptera Biodiversity endemic new species mimicry Pachyrhynchini weevils Nepenthes

Abstract

Three new species of Metapocyrtus: Metapocyrtus inangsabong Cabras, Obrial & Agbas sp. nov., Metapocyrtus lumad Cabras, Obrial & Agbas sp. nov., and Metapocyrtus (Trachycyrtus) uphagpula Cabras, Obrial & Agbas sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Short ecological notes on the species’ habitat, mimicry with other weevils and beetles, and the association between Nepenthes candalaga and Pachyrhynchini in the Philippines are also presented.

 

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