Tapinomorphus alticola ( Hustache, 1939 ) Borovec & Perrin, 2019

Borovec, Roman & Perrin, Hélène, 2019, Systematic position of Ascopus Marshall, Oreosecus Marshall, Perarogula Hoffmann and Rhadinocopes Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) with description of a new species of Ascopus from Guinea, Zootaxa 4668 (2), pp. 245-257 : 253

Tapinomorphus alticola ( Hustache, 1939) , comb. nov.

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Rhadinocopes alticola Hustache, 1939: 180 (original description).

Type locality. [ Kenya] Chip Cherangani , Marakwett, 3 500 m.

Type material. Rhadinocopes alticola . Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. ( MNHN, Hustache coll.), ‘ KENYA / Chip Cherangani / MARAKWET / 3.500 m [p] // MUSÉUM DE PARIS / Mission de l´Omo / C. ARAMBOURG / P. A. CHAPPUIS & R. JEANNEL / 1932-33 [p, blue label] // ♀ [hw] // COTYPE [p, red ink] // MUSEUM PARIS / 1949 / Col. A. HUSTACHE [p, blue label] // Rhadinocopes / alticola / m. [hw] // LECTOTYPUS / Rhadinocopes / alticola Hustache, 1939 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2019 [p, red] // Tapinomorphus / alticola (Hustache) / Borovec et Perrin det. 2019 [p]’. Paralectotypes: 1 male, 1 female ( MNHN), ‘ KENYA / Chip Cherangani / MARAKWET / 3.500 m [p] // MUSÉUM DE PARIS / Mission de l´Omo / C. ARAMBOURG / P. A. CHAPPUIS & R. JEANNEL / 1932-33 [p, blue label] // TYPE [p, red ink] // Rhadinocopes / alticola / m. [hw] / Hustache det. [p, the identification only for the ♀] // PARALECTOTYPUS / Rhadinocopes / alticola Hustache, 1939 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2019 [p, red] // Tapinomorphus / alticola (Hustache) / Borovec & Perrin det. 2019 [p]’.

Remarks. The lectotype of Rhadinocopes alticola , here designated, is 2.31 mm long and according to the same characters as R. orientalis it belongs in the genus Tapinomorphus . In this genus T. alticola is very near T. divergens Voss, 1962 based on the odd intervals more elevated than even ones with regular row of semierect, subspatulate elytral setae. Tapinomorphus alticola is easily distinguishable from T. divergens by funicle 7-segmented (vs. 5-segmented in T. divergens : this character was overlooked by Voss in his original description of T. divergens and also in the key to Tapinomorphus species), but also by rostrum parallel-sided (vs. weakly tapered anteriad), funicular segment 2 short, as long as wide (vs. very long, 2.9 × as long as wide), pronotum widest at basal third (vs. at midlength) and elytral semierect setae shorter than half the width of one interval (vs. longer than half the width of one interval).

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FIGURES 5–8. Dorsal habitus. 5. A. girardi sp. nov.; 6. Tapinomorphus alticola (Hustache); 7. T. orientalis (Hustache); 8. T. porculus (Marshall). Scale = 1.00 mm.