TWO NEW SPECIES OF METAPOCYRTUS HELLER, 1912 FROM THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES (CURCULIONIDAE, ENTIMINAE, PACHYRHYNCHINI)

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Current issue: Volume 25, No. 1 (2025)

TWO NEW SPECIES OF METAPOCYRTUS HELLER, 1912 FROM THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES (CURCULIONIDAE, ENTIMINAE, PACHYRHYNCHINI)

Graden G. Obrial^*, Daven Jayson D. Agbas, Analyn A. Cabras†

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59893/abud.25(1).007

Obrial G.G., Agbas D.J.D., Cabras A.A. 2025. Two new species of Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 from the island of Mindanao, Philippines (Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrhynchini). Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp. 2025(1): 111-120.

Abstract

Two new species from the genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from Mindanao Islands are described and illustrated: Metapocyrtus subanen sp. nov., and Metapocyrtus subangan sp. nov. These new species are closely related to Metapocyrtus salesi Cabras & Medina 2021, and Metapocyrtus kitangladensis Cabras, Medina & Zhang 2018.

Keywords: Biodiversity, taxonomy, endemic, new species.

^*Corresponding author: Graden G. Obrial. Philippine Coleopterists Society Incorporated, c/o Research, Development, and Extension Bldg., Davao Oriental State University, City of Mati, 8200, Philippines. E-mail: graden.obrial@dorsu.edu.ph. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4163-6942

Daven Jayson D. Agbas. Philippine Coleopterists Society Incorporated, c/o Research, Development, and Extension Bldg., Davao Oriental State University, City of Mati, 8200. E-mail: davenjayson.agbas@dorsu.edu.ph. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0862-5181

Analyn A. Cabras. Terrestrial Invertebrate Research Laboratory, Davao Oriental State University, URESCOM, Dahican, City of Mati, 8200, Philippines. E-mail: ann.cabras24@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0980-1651