Chalepistes rubidus ( Broun, 1881 ) Broun, 1881

Brown, Samuel D. J., 2017, A revision of the New Zealand weevil genus Irenimus Pascoe, 1876 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4263 (1), pp. 1-42 : 37

21. Chalepistes rubidus ( Broun, 1881) new combination

Inophloeus rubidus Broun, 1881:699

Inophloeus albonotata Broun, 1893b:1201 new synonym

Catoptes asperellus Broun, 1893b:1191 new synonym

Irenimus bicostatus Broun, 1886:853 new synonym

Catoptes caliginosus Broun, 1893b:1189 new synonym

Catoptes chalmeri Broun, 1893b:1190 new synonym

Catoptes decorus Broun, 1893b:1192 new synonym

Inophloeus discrepans Broun, 1904:112 new synonym

Catoptes fumosus Broun, 1914:208 new synonym

Catoptes furvus Broun, 1893b:1362 new synonym

Catoptes humeralis Broun, 1893b:1190 new synonym

Catoptes humeralis Broun, 1893 , non ( Broun, 1910); Macfarlane et al., 2011:435

Catoptes longulus Sharp, 1886:424 new synonym

Inophloeus nigellus Broun, 1881:700 new synonym

Irenimus pilosellus Broun, 1886:853 new synonym

Catoptes scutellaris Sharp, 1886:423 new synonym

Catoptes scutellaris Sharp, 1886 non (Broun, 1893); Macfarlane et al., 2011:435

This large number of synonyms reflects the very different body shape between males and females, and the variation present in the distinct sexually dimorphic characters. Males are elongate, with long silky setae on the venter and are generally the type specimens of the nominal taxa placed in Catoptes . Females are broad, lack the ventral setae, and have the elytral apex produced posteroventrally. They usually are the type specimens of the nominal taxa described in Inophloeus .