Rough Groove

Heffernia filipina VIVES, 2005

This is the other new species that I’ve mentioned in the previous post awaiting publication. Heffernia filipina VIVES 2005 is the second Lepturine species that will be described under the genus and a new occurence too for the Philippines. The first one was Heffernia borneana VIVES 2001 which was collected in Borneo. The genus was named in honor of my friend Dan Heffern from Texas who provided the specimen for description to Eduard Vives.

Another lone specimen, I also gave this to Eduard, together with Trypogeus cabigasi VIVES 2005 for him to describe. This was collected also in the forested hinterlands of Mindanao during April 0f 2002.