Articles in Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2023

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Three new species of Scaphidiinae from Mindanao and Palawan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Ivan Löbl

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A new species of Scaphidium Olivier, 1795, S. spinipenne sp. nov., distinguished from its congeners by elytra spinose at apices, and two species of Baeocera Erichson, 1845, assigned to the B. monstrosa group, are described from Mindanao and Palawan. Scaphidium spinipenne is a member of an informal species group restricted to the Oriental realm that has not yet been reported from the Philippines. The Baeocera monstrosa group is known from the Philippines only by two species, both from Luzon.

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Diversity, Philippines, rove beetles, shining fungus beetles, taxonomy
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Metapocyrtus (Trachycyrtus) rubiginosus sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini), a new flightless weevil from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines

Chrestine Torrejos, Analyn Cabras

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A new species of Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912, subgenus Trachycyrtus Heller, 1912 from Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island is described and illustrated.

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Broad-nosed weevil, Entiminae, new species, Philippines, true weevils
Life on land