A new genus and two new species of the tribe Celeuthetini Lacordaire, 1863 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Philippines

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Anita Rukmane-Bārbale


Keywords : Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Celeuthetini, Excalidiopsis, taxonomy, new genus, new species, Palawan, Philippines, mimicry.
Abstract
A new Entiminae weevils genus and two new species of the tribe Celeuthetini from the Palawan Island (Philippines) are described and illustrated: Excalidiopsis palawanensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. and Excalidiopsis bramanti sp. nov. External morphology analyses is used for generic and species delimitation. New example of mimetic relationship among tribe Celeuthetini, Pachyrhynchini and Polycatini is presented.

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