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).