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 |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Eupholus |
| Species: | E. petitii
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| Binomial name | |
| Eupholus petitii Guérin-Méneville, 1841
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Taxonomy
editEupholus petitii is now considered by some authors a subspecies of Eupholus schoenherri. [2][3]
Etymology
editThe species name schoenherri honours the Swedish entomologist Carl Johan Schönherr.
Distribution
editThis species can be found in New Guinea
Description
editEupholus (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
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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