Trachyphloeus, Germar, 1817

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

“ Trachyphloeus ” squalidus Boheman, 1842

( Fig. 9B )

Trachyphloeus squalidus Boheman in Schoenherr, 1842: 110 (original description). Trachyphloeus squalidus: Seidlitz, 1868: 97 (monography of Otiorhynchinae); Lona, 1937: 332 (catalogue); Borovec & Meregalli, 2013: 501 (note).

Type locality. Terra Caffrorum [ South Africa, Eastern Cape].

Material examined. Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. ( NHRS, Schoenherr’s coll.), ‘ Typus [red label, p] / Terra Caffrar. Eckl. et Zeyh. [hw] / LECTOTYPUS Trachyphloeus squalidus Boheman, Borovec, Skuhrovec des. 2017 [red label, p] / Gen. nov. squalidus (Boheman) Borovec, Skuhrovec det. 2017’ [p] ( Fig. 9B ).

Remarks. In Schoenherr’s collection there is one well preserved specimen standing under the name “ squalidus ”, 4.19 mm in length. Owing to its clearly developed metatibial corbels and connate claws, it belongs in the tribe Embrithini , in which it represents an undescribed genus due to having the rostrum separated from the head by a wide and shallow, transverse furrow, robust antennae and legs and the apex of the protibiae lobed and armed with spines. This genus also includes four undescribed species from the Eastern Cape and will be described in a pending revision of a group of related genera.

Figures

FIGURE 9. A — “ Trachyphloeus ” brevis Boheman, 1842, Lectotype, and its labels. B — “ Trachyphloeus ” squalidus Boheman, 1842, habitus, male, dorsal view, Lectotype, and its labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.