Pachyrhynchus sphenomorphoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Pachyrhynchini
Genus: Pachyrhynchus
Species: Pachyrhynchus sphenomorphoides

Name

Pachyrhynchus sphenomorphoides Yoshitake, 2012: 23, figs. 6, 7, 31–37

• Holotype: NIAES Type Specimen Code No. COL-277, ♂.

• Type locality: “[REP. OF THE PHILIPPINES] / Basilan Is., near Zamboanga / Peninsula of West Mindanao, / VII. 1990, native collector leg.” (typed on a white card).

• Etymology: This new species is named after its superficial resemblance to species belonging to Sphenomorpha, one of the 14 genera of the Pachyrhynchini.

References

Primary references

• Yoshitake, H. 2012. Nine New Species of the Genus Pachyrhynchus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Philippines. Esakia 52: 17–34. Abstract Reference page.