Legalov A.A. 2024. A new species of the genus Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Mindanao island, the Philippines // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.23. No.2: 102–104 [in English].
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091 Russia; Altai State University, Lenina Str. 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. E-mail: fossilweevils@gmail.com
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.23.02.05
ABSTRACT. A new species, Orchestes (Nomizo) prandii Legalov, sp.n. from Mindanao, the Philippines, is described and illustrated. The new species differs from Orchestes (Nomizo) telnovi Legalov, 2020 by a narrower pronotum, larger body size, black rostrum and femora, and a body covered with white scales. This is the first record of the genus Orchestes Illiger, 1798 from the Philippines.
KEY WORDS: Curculionoidea, Curculioninae, Rhamphini, Nomizo, new species, Philippines.