Four new species of the genus Homalocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from the Philippines.

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Dec 27, 2024
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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024)
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Anita Rukmane-Bārbale
Daugavpils University, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Coleopterological Research Center, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV–5401.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8102-5116
Dale Ann Acal
Dale Ann Acal. Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8102-5116
Alma B. Mohagan
Animal Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon, Mindanao, 8710, Philippines.

Keywords : Pachyrhynchini, Homalocyrtus, new species, taxonomy, Mindanao, Dinagat, Siquijor.
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Four new species of the genus Homalocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from the Philippines Anita Rukmane-Bārbale, Dale Ann Acal, Alma B. Mohagan Rukmane-Bārbale A., Acal D.A., Mohagan A.B. 2024. Four new species of the genus Homalocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from the Philippines. Baltic J. Coleopterol., 24(2): 115–129. Four new species of the genus Homalocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini) from the Mindanao, Dinagat and Siquijor Islands, Philippines are described and illustrated: H. cabrasae sp. nov. (Siquijor Island), H. glendae sp. nov. (Dinagat Island), H. azureomaculatus sp. nov. (Mindanao Island), H. bukidnonensis sp. nov. (Mindanao Island). The description is accompanied by a brief account of the habitat and ecological observations relevant to the species. A checklist of the genus with general notes and type photographs is included.

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Anita Rukmane-Bārbale, Daugavpils University, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Coleopterological Research Center, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV–5401.

Daugavpils University, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Coleopterological Research Center, Vienības Str. 13, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV–5401.

Dale Ann Acal, Dale Ann Acal. Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.

 

Dale Ann Acal. Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.

Alma B. Mohagan, Animal Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon, Mindanao, 8710, Philippines.

Animal Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon, Mindanao, 8710, Philippines.

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