Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906

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

Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906

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Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906: 917 (original description). Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, 1959: 408 (original description), syn. n. Trachyphloeus pustulifer: Borovec & Meregalli 2013: 501 (note).

Type locality. Transvaal [ South Africa, current Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces and the eastern part of the North-West province ].

Material examined. Platycopes tuberculatus . 2 spec.: Kaapschehoop, 19.iv.28, Platycopes tuberculatus det. Marshall (RMCA). Trachyphloeus pustulifer . Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. (NHMB), ‘Sabie N. O. Trans. S. A. Leg. Frey I.1952 [p] / Museum Frey München [printed] / Trachyphloeus pustulifer n. sp. E. Voss det., 1959’ [hw, only on one pin] / LECTOTYPUS, Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, R. Borovec et J. Skuhrovec des. 2017 [red label, p] / Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906 , R. Borovec & J. Skuhrovec det. 2017 [red label, p]. Paralectotypes: 3 spec. (NHMB), same data as lectotype but with a label reading ‘PARALECTOTYPE, Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, R. Borovec & J. Skuhrovec des. 2017’.

Remarks. Voss (1959) described Trachyphloeus pustulifer based on 72 specimens and compared the species with the South African Trachyphloeus hardenbergi and the North African and Sicilian T. nodipennis Chevrolat, 1860 and T. godarti Seidlitz, 1868 . We examined four of Voss‘ syntypes, on three pins, housed in the NHMB, and here designate one of them as lectotype. The other 71 syntypes are thus paralectotypes. The four type specimens studied are conspecific with P. tuberculatus Marshall, 1906 , described also from Transvaal, and we therefore synonymise the names Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, 1959 and Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906 . The genus Platycopes is currently classified in the tribe Sciaphilini .

Figures

FIGURE 6. A — Perarogula lamottei Hoffmann, 1963, habitus, male, dorsal view, Paratype, and its labels. B — Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906, habitus, male, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.