SUBSCRIBETrypogeus cabigasi VIVES, 2005
May 11th, 2005
Philippine Lepturinae (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera - a tribe of longhorn beetles) is very much understudied. Described species count only 9 with two still to be published. One of these is Trypogeus cabigasi. The genus is a new record for the country and this new species was collected in the forested hinterlands of Mindanao way back in May of 2002 when trees were abloom, a surefire time to collect these beautiful beetles while feeding on the flowers.
A lone specimen, I gave this one to my Catalan friend, Eduard Vives for him to describe and he named it in my honor 
The paper describing this new species will be published in the Belgian entomological magazine, LAMBILLIONEA, 105 (1) , October, 2005.
