Description of a new species of Amphisternus Germar, 1843 (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Lycoperdininae) from Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor

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Dec 30, 2025
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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2025)
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Stephannie Cadayona
Master of Science in Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Advanced and International Studies, and Tropical Genomics and Invertebrate Research Laboratory - University Research Complex (URESCOM), Davao Oriental State University, Philippines
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1840-5535
Milton Norman Medina
Tropical Genomics and Invertebrate Research Laboratory and Faculty of Advanced and International Studies, University Research Complex (URESCOM), Davao Oriental State University, Philippines
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-8048

Keywords : Fungus beetle, new species, taxonomy, Oriental Region, Philippines
Abstract

This paper presents a new species of Amphisternus Germar, 1843, A. hamugaway sp. nov. from the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor, Mindanao Island, Philippines. This is the second species of Amphisternus in the Philippines, along with A. alberti, described by Tomaszewska in 2014. High-definition images of the species' habitus and a brief note on the species ecology are also presented.

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Stephannie Cadayona, Master of Science in Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Advanced and International Studies, and Tropical Genomics and Invertebrate Research Laboratory - University Research Complex (URESCOM), Davao Oriental State University, Philippines

Stephannie Cadayona. Master of Science in Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Advanced and International Studies, and Tropical Genomics and Invertebrate Research Laboratory - University Research Complex (URESCOM), Davao Oriental State University, City of Mati, 8200 Philippines; e-mail: stephanniecadayona@gmail.com Philippine Coleopterists Society Incorporated, DORSU, Mati City, 8200 Philippines. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1840-5535

Milton Norman Medina, Tropical Genomics and Invertebrate Research Laboratory and Faculty of Advanced and International Studies, University Research Complex (URESCOM), Davao Oriental State University, Philippines

Milton Norman Medina. Tropical Genomics and Invertebrate Research Laboratory and Faculty of Advanced and International Studies, University Research Complex (URESCOM), Davao Oriental State University, City of Mati, 8200 Philippines; National Museum of Natural History, Ermita, Manila, Philippines; Philippine Coleopterists Society Incorporated, DORSU, Mati City, 8200 Philippines; e-mail: miltonnormanmedina@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-8048

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