Eupholus petitii

Eupholus petitii is a disputed species of beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae.^[1]

Eupholus petitii
Eupholus (schoenherri) petiti from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Eupholus
Species:	E. petitii
Binomial name
Eupholus petitii Guérin-Méneville, 1841
Synonyms
Eupholus aurifer Vollenhoven 1864

Taxonomy

Eupholus petitii is now considered by some authors a subspecies of Eupholus schoenherri. ^[2][3]

Etymology

The species name schoenherri honours the Swedish entomologist Carl Johan Schönherr.

Distribution

This species can be found in New Guinea

Description

Eupholus (schoenherri) petiti is usually metallic bright blue-green, with four transverse unequally spaced black shining bands on elytra. The last band is strongly arched. Antennae are club-shaped, it has a longitudinal groove on the vertex and the extremity of thighs is blue. The blue-green colour derives from very small scales, covering all over the elytra.^[4]