Lanterius inermis ( Hustache, 1947 ) Río, M. Guadalupe Del & Lanteri, Analía A., 2018

Río, M. Guadalupe Del & Lanteri, Analía A., 2018, New synonymies, new combinations and lectotype designations for weevils in the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4500 (3), pp. 329-340 : 334

Lanterius inermis ( Hustache, 1947) , new synonymy

Naupactus inermis Hustache, 1947: 86–87 . Type material: lectotype female herein designated; Paraguay, H. Paraná, Hohenau ,

Jacob; MNHN, col. A. Hustache. Length: 7 mm. Naupactus inermis var. paraguayanus Hustache, 1947: 87–88 (infrasubspecific rank). Macrostylus (Mimographus) ocellatus Lanteri, 1985: 4–5 . Type material: holotype female and allotype male, Argentina,

Misiones, Colonia El Soberbio, X–1947, Viana col.; at MLP. Length: 8 mm. Five paratypes with same data as the holotype

and 10 paratypes from Brazil, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia. Length: 8mm. ( Fig. 10 ). New synonymy. Mimographus ocellatus: Marvaldi & Loiácono, 1994: 461 (description of first instar larva). Lanterius inermis : del Río et al. . 2018: 13.

Geographic distribution: Northeastern Argentina (Misiones), Southern Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina) and Paraguay (Itapúa). Hohenau is currently in Itapúa department, not in Alto Paraná (= H. Paraná) .

Remarks: Lanteri (1985) described the new species Macrostylus (Mimographus) ocellatus , with two morphotypes, the ocellatus morphotype is completely squamose and corresponds to the type of N. inermis , and the denudatus morphotype is mostly naked (lacking scales) except for two longitudinal stripes along the margins of the pronotum and elytra, and along the dorsum of the pronotum and anterior third of the 4th elytral interval (see Lanteri 1985:5) and corresponds to the type of N. inermis var. paraguayanus . Morphotypes (or phenotypes) coexist in the same localities. Naupactus inermis was described based on two syntypes, female and male, the former herein designated as lectotype. Moreover, in Hustache’s collection in the MNHN there are 16 females ( Paraguay, H. Paraná, Hohenau) of N. inermis var. paraguayanus labeled as types. In the case of N. inermis var. paraguayanus it is obvious that the author did not want to describe a subspecies, because the material studied comes from the same locality as the type of N. inermis .

Figures

FIGURES 10–20. Habitus photographs of the species of Naupactini treated herein. 10, Lanterius inermis (Hustache) (senior syn. of Mimographus ocellatus (Lanteri), female MLP). 11, Naupactus auricinctus Boheman, lectotype female NHRS. 12, Naupactus ruficornis Boheman (junior syn of N. auricinctus), lectotype male NHRS. 13, Naupactus bridgesii Waterhouse, lectotype male NHM. 14, Naupactus angulithorax Hustache (junior syn. of N. bridgesii), lectotype female MNHN. 15, Naupactus condecoratus Boheman, lectotype female NHRS. 16, Naupactus bosqi Hustache (junior syn of N. condecoratus), holotype male NMNH. 17, Naupactus cyphoides (Heller), female. 18, Naupactus calamuchitanensis Hustache (junior syn of N. cyphoides), male. 19, Naupactus viridinitens Hustache (junior syn of N. cyphoides), female. 20, Naupactus viridulus Hustache (junior syn of N. cyphoides), paralectotype male MNHN. 21, Trichonaupactus rexus Hustache (junior syn of T. densior Hustache), holotype female MNHN. Figure 10 scale= 1 mm. Figures 11–20 scales= 2 mm.