Eupholus petitii
# Eupholus petitii

Eupholus petitii is a disputed species of beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae.

## Taxonomy

Eupholus petitii is now considered by some authors a subspecies of Eupholus schoenherri.

## 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.

