Key to the species of Afrophloeus

1 Funicles 7-segmented; scapes slender, evenly dilated towards apex; rostrum parallel-sided; spermatheca with slender corpus, well-differentiated, broad, short ramus and undifferentiated nodulus......................... A. squamifer (Boheman)

- Funicles 6- to 4-segmented; scapes more robust, more sharply dilated at apical third and then narrowing towards apex; rostrum at base shortly abruptly widened, then slightly tapering anteriad; spermatheca with broad corpus, without visible ramus but with differentiated, curved nodulus...................................................................... 2

2 (1) Scapes distinctly dilated at apical third but not forming a distinct lobe at posterior edge; pronotum 1.7–1.8 x broader than long; elytral posthumeral callus on interstria 9 in dorso-lateral view prominent A. spathulatus (Boheman)

- Scapes strongly abruptly dilated at apical third forming a large, flat lobe at posterior edge; pronotum 1.9–2.1 x wider than long; elytral posthumeral callus on interstria 9 in dorso-lateral view almost invisible A. dilaticornis sp. n.