Afrophloeus spathulatus (Boheman, 1842)

Borovec, Roman & Skuhrovec, Jiří, 2017, Systematic position of the Afrotropical species described in Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4344 (3) : -

Afrophloeus spathulatus (Boheman, 1842)

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Trachyphloeus spathulatus Boheman in Schoenherr, 1842: 111 (original description).

Trachyphloeus spathulatus: Lacordaire, 1863: 193 (monograph of Entiminae); Seidlitz, 1868: 98 (monograph of Otiorhynchinae); Lona, 1937: 331 (catalogue); Borovec & Meregalli, 2013: 501 (note).

Afrophloeus spathulatus: Borovec & Oberprieler 2013: 373 (genus description, species redescription).

Type locality. Cap. Bonae Spei [ Cape of Good Hope , South Africa; probably the Cape Peninsula] . Type material. Detailed by Borovec & Oberprieler (2013) ( Fig. 1A ).

Remarks. The species was described originally as Trachyphloeus , and Borovec & Oberprieler (2013) transferred it to a new genus, Afrophloeus Borovec & Oberprieler, 2013 , placed in the tribe Embrithini Marshall, 1942 . The lectotype was examined and designated as such by Borovec & Oberprieler (2013).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A — Afrophloeus spathulatus (Boheman, 1842), habitus, male, dorsal view, Lectotype, and its labels. B — Afrophloeus squamifer (Boheman, 1842), habitus, male, dorsal view, Lectotype, and its labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.