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

BACKGROUND: 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 docume...

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Autores principales: Cabras, Analyn Anzano, Torrejos, Chrestine, Medina, Milton Norman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Single Taxon Treatment
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8578150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34764732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72561
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author Cabras, Analyn Anzano
Torrejos, Chrestine
Medina, Milton Norman
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description BACKGROUND: 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. NEW INFORMATION: Metapocyrtusdagtum 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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spelling pubmed-85781502021-11-10 Metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini) Cabras, Analyn Anzano Torrejos, Chrestine Medina, Milton Norman Biodivers Data J Single Taxon Treatment BACKGROUND: 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. NEW INFORMATION: Metapocyrtusdagtum 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. Pensoft Publishers 2021-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8578150/ /pubmed/34764732 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72561 Text en Analyn Anzano Cabras, Chrestine Torrejos, Milton Norman Medina https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Cabras, Analyn Anzano
Torrejos, Chrestine
Medina, Milton Norman
Metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title Metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_full Metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_fullStr Metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_full_unstemmed Metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_short Metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini)
title_sort metapocyrtusdagtum sp. nov., a new flightless weevil from davao de oro, mindanao island, philippines (coleoptera: curculionidae: entiminae: pachyrhynchini)
topic Single Taxon Treatment
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8578150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34764732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72561
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