title: Eupholus petitii
text: # 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.
  
  