Probable distribution of Metapocyrtus tagabawa
[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...
