Eupholus petitii is a disputed species of beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae.[1]
| Eupholus petitii | |
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| Eupholus (schoenherri) petiti from New Guinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Eupholus |
| Species: | E. petitii
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| Binomial name | |
| Eupholus petitii Guérin-Méneville, 1841
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Taxonomy edit
Eupholus petitii is now considered by some authors a subspecies of Eupholus schoenherri. [2][3]
Etymology edit
The species name schoenherri honours the Swedish entomologist Carl Johan Schönherr.
Distribution edit
This species can be found in New Guinea
Description edit
Eupholus (schoenherri) petiti is usually metallic bright blue-green, with four transverse unequally spaced black shining bands on elytra. The last band is strongly arched. Antennae are club-shaped, it has a longitudinal groove on the vertex and the extremity of thighs is blue. The blue-green colour derives from very small scales, covering all over the elytra.[4]
References edit
Data related to Eupholus petitii at Wikispecies
Media related to Eupholus petitii at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Encyclopedia of life
- ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of life
- ^ Global Species
- ^ M. Guerin Maneville Description de quelque coleopteres in Travaux inedits - Revue zoologique, (1841) Volume 4, pag. 216