Eupholus petitii
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| Eupholus petitii | |
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| Eupholus (schoenherri) petiti from New Guinea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Eupholus |
| Species: | E. petitii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupholus petitii Guérin-Méneville, 1841 | |
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Eupholus petitii is a disputed species of beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae.[1]
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.
