Eupholus petitii

Eupholus petitii is a disputed species of beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae.[1]

Eupholus petitii
Eupholus (schoenherri) petiti from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Entiminae
Tribe:
Eupholini
Genus:
Eupholus
Species:
E. petitii (disputed)
Binomial name
Eupholus petitii
Synonyms
  • Eupholus aurifer Vollenhoven 1864

Taxonomy

Eupholus petitii is now considered by some authors a subspecies of Eupholus schoenherri. [2][3]

Etymology

The species name schoenherri honours the Swedish entomologist Carl Johan Schönherr.

Distribution

This species can be found in New Guinea

Description

Eupholus (schoenherri) petiti is usually metallic bright blue-green, with four transverse unequally spaced black shining bands on elytra. The last band is strongly arched. Antennae are club-shaped, it has a longitudinal groove on the vertex and the extremity of thighs is blue. The blue-green colour derives from very small scales, covering all over the elytra.[4]

References

Data related to Eupholus petitii at Wikispecies Media related to Eupholus petitii at Wikimedia Commons

  1. Encyclopedia of life
  2. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of life
  3. Global Species
  4. M. Guerin Maneville Description de quelque coleopteres in Travaux inedits - Revue zoologique, (1841) Volume 4, pag. 216


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