Homalocyrtus maculatus, Schultze, 1922

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 : 119

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

Schultze, 1922

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Schultze, Phil. Journ. Sci. (1922), 21, 588.

Distribution: Leyte, Cabalian (type); Mindanao, Misamis Oriental (DUBC).

Material examined: 1♂ PHILIPPINES / Mindanao , Misamis Oriental / IV. 2014 / local collector leg. ( DUBC) .

Notes: Body dark brown to black, marked with golden to green scales, closely related to H. tumidosus Heller, 1912 ; rostrum medially with expressed transverse groove, apical half strongly punctured; basal half with expressed medial longitudinal groove; forehead with few single golden scales; prothorax as long as wide, with expressed central groove, with two small spots dorsally on each side; elytra punctured in puncture rows, smoother than in H. tumidosus Heller, 1912 ; with three interrupter transverse scale bands on each elytron.

Type specimens were originally described from Leyte, mountains near the village of Cabalian in the south of the island. Specimen from Mindanao , Misamis Oriental ( DUBC) was compared with type specimens ( MTD) with no differences of species level .