A Striking New Species ofMacrocopturusHeller, 1895 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) from Panama: Raising the Question of Coloration

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2017 English Publisher:Coleopterists SocietyJournal:The Coleopterists Bulletin, volume 71, pages 74-76 (issn: 0010-065X, eissn: 1938-4394,

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Authors: Hespenheide, Henry A.;

doi: 10.1649/0010-065x-71.1.74

A Striking New Species ofMacrocopturusHeller, 1895 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) from Panama: Raising the Question of Coloration

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Abstract Macrocopturus richardpackeri Hespenheide, new species, is described from Panama and named in honor of Richard Roland Edward Packer. The possibility of mimicry and the necessity for an adaptive explanation are discussed for this and a complex of red-spotted species in several conoderine genera.

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University of California, Los Angeles
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Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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