Chrestine Torrejos

University of Mindanao · College of Education

Global biodiversity decline is continuing largely unabated. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (hereafter, Red List) provides us with the gold standard for assessments, but taxonomic coverage, especially for invertebrates and fungi, remains very low. Many players contribute to the Red List knowl...

Pachyrhynchini is a group of flightless plant-feeding weevils known for their complex and iridescent body ornamentation. It has its center of diversity in the Philippines and this paper presents the first comprehensive record of Pachyrhynchini fauna in Davao City. Data gathering was done through a combination of belt transect, photo documentation,...

A comprehensive and updated catalog of the genus Glenea Newman, 1842 is presented with the key to the sub-genera for Philippine species. The genus counts 87 species (77 species and 10 subspecies), ranged in seven subgenera. Glenea caraga invittaticollis Breuning, 1966 rest. status = Glenea caraga subvittaticollis Breuning, 1968 n. syn. (un. repl. n...

The genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 is the most speciose and taxonomically complex genus in the tribe Pachyrhynchini. It is known to be endemic in the Philippines, with most species having a very narrow range of distribution. There are already more than 230 species of Metapocyrtus documented in the Philippines. Metapocyrtus dagtum sp. nov., a new s...

This article includes new data on the distribution of Erythrus philipinus Vives, 2021, Xystrocera danilevskii Vives, 2013, and Xystrocera festiva Thomson, 1860 in the Philippines, as well as first description of the previously unknown female Erythrus philipinus and male Xystrocera danilevskii. The information in the article substantially complement...

Lake Holon in T’Boli, South Coatabato is one of the least entomologically explored areas in Mindanao Island. Through the Biodiversity Assessment of Lake Holon project, a rapid coleopterological assessment was conducted in the lake between April 7-14, 2019 and October 14-18, 2019. Collections were carried out in five stations particularly on the...

A catalogue of the genus Xystrocera Audinet-Serville, 1834 in the Philippines with notes on the new distribution record of Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795) is presented.

A total of forty-three ground beetles in the Coleoptera Research Center collection are presented wherein five are endemic to the Philippines: Pericalus levifrons (Heller, 1916), Mimocolliuris (Mimocolliuris) bakeri (Liebke, 1933), Catascopus elegans philippinus (Baehr, 2012), Lesticus (Triplogenius) cupreatus (Heller, 1923), and Pheropsophus (Stena...