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Metapocyrtus (Artapocyrtus) spp. A, B -M. (A.) pardalis Heller, 1912: Afemale type, dorsal view, B -same, lateral view; C, D -M. (A.) madayaw sp. n.: C -female paratype, dorsal view; D -same, lateral view.

Metapocyrtus (Artapocyrtus) spp. A, B -M. (A.) pardalis Heller, 1912: Afemale type, dorsal view, B -same, lateral view; C, D -M. (A.) madayaw sp. n.: C -female paratype, dorsal view; D -same, lateral view.

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The flightless weevil Metapocyrtus (Artapocyrtus) madayaw Cabras et Medina, sp. n. is described and illustrated from Davao Region in Mindanao Island, Philippines. Holotype and paratypes are deposited at the Philippine National Museum of Natural History (Manila, Philippines). Ecological notes on the new species are also provided.

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... The new species is similar to Metapocyrtus (Artapocyrtus) pardalis Heller, 1912 (Figs 2A, B, 3A, B) by pronotal and elytral patterns but differs from the latter by the following characteristics: a) wider rostrum with deep median furrow creating two distinct and huge humps on dorsum, b) base of rostrum deeply concave dorsally then abruptly raised then gradually declined towards the apex, c) wider pronotum, and d) wider elytra. HABITAT. ...

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