Geochus nigripes, Broun, 1893

Leschen, Richard A. B., Davis, Steven, Brown, Samuel D. J., Brav-Cubitt, Talia & Buckley, Thomas R., 2022, The Enigmatic Dead-Leaf Miner Geochus Broun (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Phylogenetic Placement, a New Species, and Lectotype Designations, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (1), pp. 1-35 : 28

GeOchUs nigripes Broun, 1893 ( Fig. 16 )

Geochus nigripes Broun 1893b: 1467 . Type locality: Pirongia.

Type Depository. BMNH: HT .

Distribution. New Zealand (WO).

Remarks. Broun based the description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype. The specimen was labeled as a variant, but in Broun’s original description he mentioned that the species “resembles G. marginatus more than any other species; the nearly black legs and tarsi distinguish it.”

We place this species into a species group with G. tibialis .

Type Material Examined. Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “2543.[in Broun’s hand]// New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.// Pirongia// var. nigripes [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

Fig. 16. Dorsal habitus photographs of representatives of the type series or holotypes of Geochus arranged into informal groups.