Afrophloeus squamifer (Boheman, 1842)

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

Afrophloeus squamifer (Boheman, 1842)

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Trachyphloeus squamifer Boheman in Schoenherr, 1842: 112 (original description).

Trachyphloeus squamifer: Lacordaire, 1863: 193 (monograph of Entiminae).

Trachyphloeus spathulatus: Seidlitz, 1868: 98 (monograph of Otiorhynchinae); Lona, 1937: 331 (catalogue). Afrophloeus squamifer: Borovec & Oberprieler, 2013: 375 (genus description, species redescription).

Type locality. Cap. Bonae Spei, Caffraria [ Cape of Good Hope , South Africa; probably the Cape Peninsula] . Type material. Detailed by Borovec & Oberprieler (2013) ( Fig. 1B ).

Remarks. The species was described originally in Trachyphloeus , and Seidlitz (1868) synonymised its name with T. spathulatus , without examination of the type material. He interpreted the differences in the antennae of the two species as sexual dimorphism and considered T. squamifer to be the female of T. spathulatus . Borovec & Oberprieler (2013) raised it to species level again and transferred it to their newly described genus, Afrophloeus Borovec & Oberprieler, 2013 , placed in the tribe Embrithini . The lectotype was examined and designated by Borovec & Oberprieler (2013).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A — Afrophloeus spathulatus (Boheman, 1842), habitus, male, dorsal view, Lectotype, and its labels. B — Afrophloeus squamifer (Boheman, 1842), habitus, male, dorsal view, Lectotype, and its labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.