Trachyphloeosoma, Wollaston, 1869

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

“ Trachyphloeosoma ” brevicolle Voss, 1974

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Trachyphloeosoma brevicolle Voss, 1974: 415 (original description).

Trachyphloeosoma brevicolle: Borovec & Meregalli, 2013: 501 (note).

Type locality. Cape Prov ., Cape Town , Table Mnt. [ South Africa, Western Cape] .

Material examined. Holotype: 1 spec. (MZLU), ‘S. Afr. Cape Prov., Cape Town, Table Mnt. Alt 2400 ft., 18.XII.50, No. 84 [p, only 2400 ft hw] / Swedish South Africa Expedition 1950-1951, Brinck—Rudebeck [p] / Zool. Mus. Lund Sweden, Type No. [p] / 795: 1-10, Curculionidae [hw] / Trachyphloeosoma brevicollis [lapsus] n. sp., Holotypus [hw] E. Voss. det., 1969’ [p] ( Fig. 7B ). Paratypes: 9 spec. (MZLU), first two labels as in holotype, the other two as follows: ‘Type No. 795.2 [partly p, partly hw] / PARATYPE Trachyphloeosoma brevicolle Voss, R. Borovec & J. Skuhrovec vid. 2017’ [red, p] and type numbers (the third label) ‘795.4–795.10’.

Remarks. As stated by Borovec & Meregalli (2013), this species does not belong to the genus Trachyphloeosoma Wollaston, 1869 , which is known only from China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan and introduced to Hawaii and the continental USA. It belongs to a distinct but undescribed genus occurring in the Western and Eastern Cape and the KwaZulu-Natal provinces, comprising another 14 undescribed species. These taxa will be described in a forthcoming revision.

Figures

FIGURE 7. A — Tapinomorphus sylvicola Voss, 1962, habitus, male, dorsal view, Lectotype of Cathormiocerus africanus Hoffmann, 1965, and its labels. B — “ Trachyphloeosoma ” brevicolle Voss, 1974, habitus, male, dorsal view, Holotype, and its labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.