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[Main] [Tiger Beetles of PH] [Genus Thopeutica ] Thopeutica (Thopeutica) darlingtonia Cassola & Ward, 2004 Distribution Figure 1. Color plate (artistic rendition) of T. (Thopeutica) darlingtonia (left), and map of the Philippine archipelago showing the provinces where specimens were said to be distributed (right) based on two published articles [1][2]. Luzon Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Province of Apayao Municipality of Calanasan Barangay Tanglagan & Brgy. Parina [2] In the acknowledgment section, the paper [2] indicated an expression of gratitude to the provincial government for providing "permits". But based on RA 9147 [3], wildlife permits are solely issued by the DENR through its regional offices. In this case, the "permits" mentioned in the paper [2] probably meant  "Prior Informed Consent"  from the local government units as required by the DENR for the  issuance of wildlife permits . DENR Cordillera, however, wa...

[Main] [Weevils of PH] [Genus Pachyrhynchus ] Pachyrhynchus mindoroensis Rukmane and Háva, 2020 Distribution Figure 1.  Color plate (artistic rendition) of male and female  Pachyrhynchus mindoroensis  (left), and map of the Philippine archipelago showing the area where the specimen was said to be collected (right) based on one article published in 2020 [1]. Luzon MIMAROPA Region Province of Oriental Mindoro Municipality of Puerto Galera possibly Municipality of Baco (see comments on distribution) Province of Occidental Mindoro  supposedly Mt. Baco (see comments on distribution) Figure 2. Summary of data on P. mindoroensis in video presentation format. Comments on Locality Data In the introduction section, the paper [1] stated: "Island is divided into two provinces: Occidental Mindoro, with its peak Mount Baco (2488) and Oriental Mindoro with Mount Halcon (2586)... According to available data, species is present on both highest peaks of the Mindoro Island" (page 2...

[Main] [Weevils of PH] [Genus Celebia ]  Celebia iligana Schultze, 1922      = Rhinoscapha iligana , Schultze, 1922 Distribution Figure 1.  Color plate (artistic rendition) of female Celebia iligana  (left), and map of the Philippine archipelago showing the province where the specimen was said to be collected (right) based on one article published in 1922 [1]. Mindanao Region X: Northern Mindanao Province of Lanao del Norte, City of Iligan Figure 2.  Summary of data on C. iligana in video presentation format. Comments on Locality Data This species is named after  Iligan  where the specimen was collected. According to the paper published in 1922, Celebia iligana was collected in " Mindanao, Prov. Lanao, Iligan " (page 44, reference 1). During that time, Iligan was one of the three municipalities of the province of Lanao (page 368, reference 2). Currently, Iligan is a city in the Province of Lanao del Norte. Figure 3. Screenshot of page 3...

[Main] [Weeils of PH] [Genus Metapocyrtus ] Metapocyrtus pulangi Bollino, Medina, Cabras, 2020 The paper avoided subgeneric assignment of this species, as mentioned in the introduction (page 27, reference 1). Distribution Figure 1. Color plates (artistic renditions) of female and male M. pulangi (left), and map of the Philippine archipelago showing provinces where specimens were said to be collected (right) based on one article published in 2020 [1]. Mindanao Region X: Northern Mindanao Province of Bukidnon Municipality of Cabanglasan Municipality of Impasugong, Barangay La Fortuna, Sitio Intavas Municipality of Talakag, Barangay Dominorog Region XI: Davao Region Province of Davao del Sur City of Davao, Marilog District, Barangay Buda Mt. Apo (probably in the City of Digos, City of Davao, Municipality of Sta. Cruz, or Municipality of Bansalan [5]) Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Province of Lanao del Sur Municipality of Tagoloan II "near Wao" (see...

[Main] [Weevils of PH] [Genus Metapocyrtus ] Metapocyrtus tagabawa Cabras, Medina, Bollino, 2020 The paper avoided subgeneric assignment of this species, as mentioned in the introduction (page 27, reference 1). Distribution Figure 1. Color plates (artistic renditions) of female and male M. tagabawa (left), and map of the Philippine archipelago showing the provinces where specimens were said to be collected (right) based on one article published in 2020 [1]. Mindanao Region XI: Davao Region Province of Davao del Sur, City of Davao, Toril Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Province of Lanao del Sur  Comments on Locality Data According to the paper, the new species was discovered during a joint expedition by researchers from a local university and a foreign university which  was conducted on March 2017 in the ancestral land of the Bagobo-Tagabawa tribe (page 26 of reference 1).  The paper also described in detail the collectio...

[Main]   [Bakukang, et al. Notes] New species of beetles are constantly being discovered in the Philippines[1][3]. Currently, studies on Philippine weevils are scarce. Checklists of species in the country are hard to find. As of writing, only a few entomologists are studying the weevils of the Philippines. Recent studies on this group of beetles are focused on documentation of species and their distribution. New species of weevils are being discovered every year since 2015. And each year, more than one new species are being described. In fact, in the year 2016 eighteen species were described and named (Figure 1)[2, 4, 5, 6]. One species belong to the genus Macrocyrtus , and 17 species belong to the genus Pachyrhynchus. Below is a list of the 18 species described in 2016. 1.  Macrocyrtus rukmaneae Baršervskis, 2016 Moved to genus Eupachyrrhynchus  Heller, 1912 (see pages 337-340 of Reference 7) 2.  Pachyrhynchus rukmaneae Baršervskis, 2016 3....