Chalepistes tenebricus (Broun, 1893)

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 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E0852E-F66A-44E4-8798-E5187185C950
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6015260
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scientific name	Chalepistes tenebricus (Broun, 1893)
status	new combination

Treatment

26. Chalepistes tenebricus (Broun, 1893) new combination

Catoptes tenebricus Broun, 1893b:1194

Catoptes aemulator Broun, 1893b:1193 new synonym

Irenimus aemulator (Broun) ; Barratt & Kuschel, 1996:372, Barratt et al., 1998:56

Catoptes argentalis Broun, 1914:208 new synonym

Although C. aemulator has been used as a valid name previously, C. tenebricus is chosen as the senior name, as the holotype of C. aemulator is a teneral specimen and critical characters are not fully developed. The vestiture of C. argentalis is quite different in colour, shape and appearance from that of C. tenebricus ; however no clear structural characters exist to reliably separate the two.

References

Barratt, B. I. P. & Kuschel, G. (1996) Broad-nosed weevils (Curculionidae: Brachycerinae: Entimini) of the Lammermoor and Rock and Pillar Ranges in Otago, with descriptions of four new species of Irenimus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 23, 359 - 374.

Barratt, B. I. P., Evans, A. A., Ferguson, C. M., McNeill, M. R., Proffitt, J. R. & Barker, G. M. (1998) Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of New Zealand agricultural grassland and lucerne as potential non-target hosts of the parasitoids Microctonus aethiopoides Loan and Microctonus hyperodae Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 25, 47 - 63.

Broun, T. (1914) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1 (3), 143 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12470