Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) willietorresi Cabras & Medina, 2019

Cabras, Analyn A., Cudera, Rizalyn, Mamon, Joelyn & Medina, Milton Norman D., 2022, Two new species of Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from southern Mindanao, Philippines, with ecological notes, ZooKeys 1116, pp. 133-147 : 133

Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) willietorresi Cabras & Medina, 2019

Metapocyrtus (Artapocyrtus) willietorresi Cabras & Medina, 2019: 186

Type locality.

Mt. Apo Natural Park, Davao del Sur.

Type depository.

UMCRC.

Material examined.

Male: Philippines - Mindanao / Kapatagan / Davao del Sur / December, 2021 / coll. LC (typed on white card). Presently in UMCRC.

Remarks.

Cabras and Medina (2019) placed the species under the subgenus Metapocyrtus Artapocyrtus . However, based on additional materials and further evidence, the authors obviously made some errors, and the species should be placed in the subgenus Metapocyrtus Orthocyrtus based on the characters mentioned by Cabras et al. (2018). In addition, Cabras and Medina (2019) described the species based on two specimens from Mt. Apo and declared it a new species due to the uniqueness of its elytral and pronotal markings consisting of circular patterns. The shape of the aedeagus of the newly acquired materials (Figs 15-17 ) further confirms membership of the species in Orthocyrtus and its relationship to the Orthocyrtus lanusinus species group. One of the defining characteristics of Orthocyrtus is the shape of its rostrum. Figs 18-21 show the dorsal view of the different species of Orthocyrtus mentioned in this paper.

Figures

Figures 9 - 17. Male genitalia of Orthocyrtus sp. 9 - 11 Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) melibengoy sp. nov. 12 - 14 Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) flomlok sp. nov. 15 - 17 Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) willietorresi 9, 12, 15 aedeagus in lateral view 10, 13, 16 idem in dorsal view 11, 14, 17 sternite IX in dorsal view.

Figures 18 - 21. Dorsal view of Orthocyrtus spp. rostrums 18 M. (O.) melibengoy sp. nov. 19 M. (O.) flomlok sp. nov. 20 M. (O.) willietorresi 21 M. (O.) villalobosae.