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      Four new species of Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrhynchini) from Mindanao Island, Philippines

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          The genus Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 is the most speciose and complex amongst the tribe Pachyrhynchini with seven subgenera and more than 200 described species. The genus is endemic to the Philippines and remains largely unknown particularly in the less explored areas or mountains.

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          Four new species of Metapocyrtus Heller, 1912 ( Coleoptera , Curculionidae , Entiminae , Pachyrhynchini ), are described from Mindanao Island, Philippines. Brief bionomical notes and mimicry with their sympatric beetles and other insect counterparts are also reported.

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          The Functional Significance of Aposematic Signals: Geographic Variation in the Responses of Widespread Lizard Predators to Colourful Invertebrate Prey

          Hui-Yun Tseng, Chung-Ping Lin, Jung-Ya Hsu … (2014)
          Conspicuous colouration can evolve as a primary defence mechanism that advertises unprofitability and discourages predatory attacks. Geographic overlap is a primary determinant of whether individual predators encounter, and thus learn to avoid, such aposematic prey. We experimentally tested whether the conspicuous colouration displayed by Old World pachyrhynchid weevils (Pachyrhynchus tobafolius and Kashotonus multipunctatus) deters predation by visual predators (Swinhoe’s tree lizard; Agamidae, Japalura swinhonis). During staged encounters, sympatric lizards attacked weevils without conspicuous patterns at higher rates than weevils with intact conspicuous patterns, whereas allopatric lizards attacked weevils with intact patterns at higher rates than sympatric lizards. Sympatric lizards also attacked masked weevils at lower rates, suggesting that other attributes of the weevils (size/shape/smell) also facilitate recognition. Allopatric lizards rapidly learned to avoid weevils after only a single encounter, and maintained aversive behaviours for more than three weeks. The imperfect ability of visual predators to recognize potential prey as unpalatable, both in the presence and absence of the aposematic signal, may help explain how diverse forms of mimicry exploit the predator’s visual system to deter predation.
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            A World Catalogue Of Families And Genera Of Curculionoidea Insecta:Coleoptera) (Excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae)

            M. Alonso-Zarazaga, C. Lyal, MA Alonso-Zarazaga … (1999)
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              A monograph of the pachyrrhynchid group of the Brachyderinae, Curculionidae: Part III. The genera Apocyrtidius Heller and Metapocyrtus Heller

              W. SCHULTZE, W. Schultze, Schultze (1925)
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                Analyn Anzano Cabras:
                ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0980-1651
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Biodivers Data J
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Biodivers Data J
                Journal ID (publisher-id): 1
                Journal ID (index): urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:F9B2E808-C883-5F47-B276-6D62129E4FF4
                Journal ID (aggregator): urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:245B00E9-BFE5-4B4F-B76E-15C30BA74C02
                Title: Biodiversity Data Journal
                Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
                ISSN (Print): 1314-2836
                ISSN (Electronic): 1314-2828
                Publication date Collection: 2021
                Publication date (Electronic): 28 September 2021
                Volume: 9
                Electronic Location Identifier: e72453
                Affiliations
                [1 ] University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines University of Mindanao Davao City Philippines
                Author notes
                Corresponding author: Analyn Anzano Cabras ( ann.cabras24@ 123456umindanao.edu.ph ).

                Academic editor: Jennifer C. Girón Duque

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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0980-1651
                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-8048
                Article
                Publisher ID: 72453 Publisher-manuscript ID: 17511
                DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e72453
                PMC ID: 9341918
                SO-VID: d0aebe0a-898a-43c9-829f-aa606c026f7a
                Copyright © Analyn Anzano Cabras, Milton Norman Medina
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                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

                History
                Date received : 01 August 2021
                Date accepted : 01 September 2021
                Page count
                Figures: 9, Tables: 0, References: 13
                Categories
                Subject: Taxonomic Paper
                Subject: Animalia
                Subject: Systematics
                Subject: Asia

                Keywords: davao de oro,mimicry,mindanao island,pachyrhynchini,urban biodiversity,weevils
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                Keywords: davao de oro, mimicry, mindanao island, pachyrhynchini, urban biodiversity, weevils

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