Two new species of Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from Lanao and Panay, Philippines
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Two new weevil species from Mindanao and Panay islands have been introduced to science – ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ด (๐๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ด) ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด and ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ด (๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ด) ๐ช๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ด.
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The name of the first new species is from the Latin word โquadratusโ referring to its prominent square scaly markings in the pronotum and the elytra. The second species is named after the beetle research center of Daugavpils University in appreciation for the successful cooperation which led to the discovery of this new species.
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Dr. Analyn A. Cabras, Mr. Jhonnel P. Villegas, and Dr. Milton Norman D. Medina described the said species in a paper titled “Two new species of Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from Lanao and Panay, Philippines,” published in the Baltic Journal of Coleopterology.
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Read the full paper here: https://bit.ly/3RNcL0x
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