Gymnetron hispidum Brullé

Caldara, Roberto, Ić, Milana Desan Č, Gassmann, Andre, Legarreta, Lorenza, Emerson, Brent C. & Toševski, Ivo, 2008, On the identity of Rhinusa hispida (Brullé) and its current synonyms (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 1805, pp. 61-68 : 62

Gymnetron hispidum Brullé

Gymnetron hispidum Brullé, 1832: 247 ; Desbrochers 1893: 27; Reitter 1908: 38; 1916: 230; Hustache 1931: 416, 427; Hoffmann 1958: 1284, 1304. Smreczyński, 1976: 34. Lohse & Tischler, 1983: 269.

This species was described under the number "457" in Brullé’s catalogue of species collected in Morea ( Greece), but its type specimens were evidently never studied by another author after their description. The salient features of the original Latin diagnosis are " Niger, pube sericeo hirtus; rostro medio sulcato; thorace lateribus solum hispidum ." and the dimensions given are 6 mm for the length and 3 mm for the width. Brisout (1862) did not cite G. hispidum in his monograph on Mecinini , whereas Desbrochers (1893) wrote in his revision of the tribe " La description de Brullé, malgré une légère contradiction, qui n'est probablement qu'une erreur d'impression, ne laisse aucun doute, sur la réunion à cette espèce, du G. p i l o s u m Gyll. parue six ans plus tard.". All subsequent authors ( Reitter 1908, Hustache 1931, Hoffmann 1958, Smreczyńki 1976, Lohse & Tischler 1983) accepted this synonymy proposed by Desbrochers. In the general collection of the MNHN there is a male syntype of G. hispidum that corresponds very well with Brullé’s original description and is labelled "Museum Paris, Morée, 4187-33 [typewritten grey rectangular label] / Brullé, Morée [handwritten white round label] / 457 [handwritten white rectangular label]". It is here designated as the lectotype of Gymnetron hispidum Brullé, 1832 (des. Caldara). It actually belongs to R. tetra (Fabricius, 1792) , which possesses long, yellowish, seta-like scales and a rostrum with a median sulcus.