Desbrochersella microps

Borovec, Roman & Perrin, Hélène, 2016, On the systematic position of some species of Chiloneus, Desbrochersella and Sciaphilus, with description of two new species and lectotype selection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4109 (2), pp. 131-152 : 147

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055384
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scientific name	Desbrochersella microps
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Desbrochersella microps View in CoL (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897), comb. nov.

Sciaphilus microps Desbrochers des Loges, 1897: 4.

Chiloneus microps: Winkler, 1932: 1468 View in CoL ; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 178; Borovec, 2013b: 380.

Type locality. [ Algeria] Environs d’Oran (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897).

Type material examined. Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. ( MNHN, Pic coll.), ‘ Oran [hw] // 10 [hw, blue] // type [hw, yellow] // S. microps m. / (type Pic) x ♂ [hw] // TYPE [p, red] // Museum Paris / Coll. M. Pic [p] // LECTOTYPUS / Sciaphilus / microps Desbr., 1897 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2015 [p, red] // Desbrochersella / microps (Desbr.) / R. Borovec det. 2015 [p]’. Paralectotype: 1 spec. ( MNHN, Pic coll.), the same data as lectotype, but ‘ S. microps m. / (type Pic) ♀ [hw]’ and ‘ PARALECTOTYPUS / Sciaphilus / microps Desbr., 1897 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2015 [p, red]’.

Additional material examined. 1 male, Algeria, Oran ( MNHN).

Remarks. The lectotype of Sciaphilus microps is 2.94 mm long. The slender antennae, long-oval appressed elytral scales, short and wide, dorsally regularly conical rostrum and frontoepistomal area posteriorly arched make this species similar to D. baetica and D. diversepubens . From both species it is easy distinguishable by very short, hardly visible raised setae on elytra, and also shorter funicle segments and onychium.