Trachyphloeus, Germar, 1817

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

“ Trachyphloeus ” brevis Boheman, 1842

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Trachyphloeus brevis Boheman in Schoenherr, 1842: 113 (original description). Trachyphloeus brevis: Seidlitz, 1868: 99 (monograph of Otiorhynchinae); Lona, 1937: 321 (catalogue); Borovec & Meregalli, 2013: 501 (note).

Type locality. Cap. Bonae Spei [ Cape of Good Hope , South Africa; probably the Cape Peninsula].

Material examined. Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. ( NHRS, Schoenherr’s coll.), ‘Cap. b. sp. Drège [hw, historical label] / NRM Sthlm Loan 2752/08 [p, green] / LECTOTYPUS Trachyphloeus brevis Boheman, Borovec, Skuhrovec det. 2017 [red label, p] / “ Trachyphloeus ” brevis Boheman Borovec, Skuhrovec des. 2017’ ( Fig. 9A ).

Remarks. Boheman gave the origin of this species as ‘Caput Bonae spei. Dom. DRÈGE. MUS. SCHH.’. There is a specimen labelled ‘Cap. b. sp. Drège’ standing under the name “ brevis ” in Schoenherr’s collection (NHRS), 2.19 mm in length. It belongs to the tribe Trachyphloeini due to the conditions of its rostrum, scrobes and pro- and metatibiae, and its free claws show that it belongs to the group of genera that will be revised in future papers. It represents a new genus, which also comprises two undescribed species from the Eastern Cape.

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FIGURE 9. A — “ Trachyphloeus ” brevis Boheman, 1842, Lectotype, and its labels. B — “ Trachyphloeus ” squalidus Boheman, 1842, habitus, male, dorsal view, Lectotype, and its labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.