Eupholus

Eupholus
	E. azureus in the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Eupholus

Eupholus is a genus of beetle in the family Curculionidae. The genus includes some of the most colourful of the weevils. The colour may serve as a warning to predators that they are distasteful. Most species feed upon yam leaves, some of which are toxic to other animals. The species occur in New Guinea and adjacent islands.

List of the described species

Eupholus albofasciatus Heller, 1910
Eupholus alternans Kirsch, 1877
Eupholus amaliae Gestro, 1875
Eupholus amalulu Porion, 1993
Eupholus astrolabensis Heller, 1937
Eupholus azureus MacLeay, 1885
Eupholus beccari Gestro, 1875
Eupholus bennetti Gestro, 1876
Eupholus benningseni Heller, 1908
Eupholus browni Bates, 1877
Eupholus bruyni Gestro, 1885
Eupholus chaminadei Porion, 2000
Eupholus chevrolati Guérin-Meneville, 1830
Eupholus cinnamomeus Pascoe, 1888
Eupholus clarki Porion, 1993
Eupholus compositus Faust, 1892
Eupholus cuvieri Guérin-Meneville, 1830
Eupholus detanii Limoges & Porion, 2004
Eupholus dhuyi Porion, 1993
Eupholus ducopeaui Porion, 2000
Eupholus euphrosyne Porion, 1993
Eupholus fleurenti Porion, 1993
Eupholus geoffroyi Guérin-Meneville, 1830
Eupholus helleri Porion, 1993
Eupholus hephaistos Porion, 1993
Eupholus hudsoni Porion, 2000
Eupholus humeralis Heller, 1908
Eupholus humeridens Heller, 1894
Eupholus kotaseaoi Porion, 2000
Eupholus kuntzmannorum Limoges & Porion, 2004
Eupholus labbei Porion, 2000
Eupholus lachaumei Porion, 1993
Eupholus lacordairei Limoges & Porion, 2004
Eupholus leblanci Limoges & Porion, 2004
Eupholus linnei J. Thomson, 1857
Eupholus loriae Gestro, 1902
Eupholus magnificus Kirsch, 1877
Eupholus malotrus Porion, 2000
Eupholus mamberamonis Heller, 1942
Eupholus messageri Porion, 1993
Eupholus nagaii Porion, 1993
Eupholus nickerli Heller, 1913
Eupholus petitii Guérin-Méneville, 1841
Eupholus prasinus Heller, 1910
Eupholus quadrimaculatus Kirsch, 1877
Eupholus quinitaenia Heller, 1915
Eupholus rigouti Porion, 1993
Eupholus saugrenus Porion, 1993
Eupholus schoenherri Guérin-Meneville, 1830
Eupholus sofia Porion, 2000
Eupholus suhandai Porion, 2000
Eupholus sulcicollis Heller, 1915
Eupholus vehti Heller, 1914
Eupholus waigeuensis Limoges & Porion, 2004

References

1. Limoges (R.) & Porion (Th.), 2004 - The Beetles of the World, volume 19, Supplement 2. New Eupholus from New Guinea, Hillside Books, Canterbury [1]
2. Porion (Th.), 1993 - The Beetles of the World, volume 19. Eupholus (Curculionidae), Sciences Nat, Venette [2]
3. Porion (Th.), 2000 - The Beetles of the World, volume 19, Supplement 1. New Eupholus from New Guinea, Hillside Books, Canterbury [3]