Homalocyrtus harpago Heller,, 1912

Rukmane-Bārbale, Anita, Acal, Dale Ann & Mohagan, Alma B., 2024, Four new species of the genus Homalocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Pachyrhynchini) from the Philippines, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 24 (2), pp. 115-129 : 117-118

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(2).001
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scientific name	Homalocyrtus harpago Heller,
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2. Homalocyrtus harpago Heller, View in CoL

1912

( Fig. 1D View Figure 1 , 2B View Figure 2 , 3A, D View Figure 3 , 5B View Figure 5 , 6C- D View Figure 6 ).

Heller, Phil. Journ. Sci., Sec. D (1912), 7, 377; Schultze, Phil. Journ. Sci. (1916), 11(2), 136.

Distribution: Luzon Island (original description); Bohol Island (DUBC).

Material examined: 1♂ PHILIPPINES / C Visayas, Bohol Isl. / 300 – 500m, VIII. 2013 / local collector leg. ( DUBC) .

Notes: Similar to H. conicus Boheman, 1844 by elytral shape; body black, densely covered with metallic green scales; rostrum with subtriangular impression in front of each eye laterally; basal furrow from base to eyes; antennae reddish brown; prothorax sub transverse, granulated, sometimes with median longitudinal groove, slightly longer than wide; elytra twice as long as prothorax;

117 elytra of female elliptic, each apex shortly excised; elytra without expressed puncture rows.

Type specimens from Luzon Island were compared with specimen from Bohol Isl. ( DUBC), with no species level differences recorded except slightly larger size specimens from Bohol .