<strong>Two new species of <em>Eupholus </em>Boisduval (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from West New Guinea, a discussion of their taxonomic characters, and notes on nomenclature</strong>

ALEXANDER RIEDEL

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.90.1.1

Issue: Vol. 90 No. 1: 31 Oct. 2002

Type: Article

Published: 2002-10-31

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.90.1.1

Page range: 1–16

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**Two new species of Eupholus Boisduval (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from West New Guinea, a discussion of their taxonomic characters, and notes on nomenclature**

ALEXANDER RIEDEL⁺⁻

Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany

Coleoptera West New Guinea Eupholus new species nomenclature

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Abstract

Two new species of Eupholus Boisduval from West New Guinea are described as new: Eupholus schneideri sp. n. and Eupholus vlasimskii sp. n.. Attention is drawn to important characters of the male and the female genitalia which had hitherto been ignored in the taxonomy of this genus. Preliminary comments are made on the nomenclature of Eupholus. Species described in the genus Eupholus Guérin-Méneville, 1838 need to be transferred to Eupholus Boisduval, 1835. New combinations are: E. chevrolatii (Guérin-Méneville, 1838), E. cuvierii (Guérin-Méneville, 1838), E. dhuyi (Porion, 1993), E. euphrosyne (Porion, 1993), E. geoffroyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1838), E. kotaseaoi (Porion, 2000), E. nagaii (Porion, 1993), E. schoenherrii (Guérin-Méneville, 1838).

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