Oreoscotus affinis ( Hustache, 1936 ) Grebennikov, 2018

Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2018, Both non-type species of Molytophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) are transferred to Oreoscotus, Zootaxa 4418 (4), pp. 393-396 : 395

Oreoscotus affinis ( Hustache, 1936) comb. n. ( Figs. 2A, B )

Molytophilus affinis Hustache, 1936: 492 (description)

Type locality: Abyssinie: entre Djem-Djem et Wouramboulchi, vers 9000 pieds.

Type specimens: Primary: Holotype (by monotypy, Figs. 2A, B ), unsexed ( NHMUK): “ Type [p] \ TYPE [h] \ Abyssinia: Between Djem-Djem and Wouramboulchi. 8,000–9,000ft. 30.ix–1.x.1926. J.Omer Cooper. [p] \ Specimen figured [h] \ Molytophilus affinis [h] Hustache det. [p]”.

Remarks. The only known specimen of this nominal species was collected on the watershed separating the Blue Nile basin and that of Awash River (spelt as “Hawash” in Omer-Cooper [1930], map 2) some 75 km W of Addis-Ababa and at relatively high altitude of about 2438–2743 meters.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Holotypes of Oreoscotus affinis (Hustache, 1936) comb. n. (A, B; image copyright: NHMUK) and O. puncticollis (Hustache, 1936) comb. n. (C, D).