Chiloneus ottomanus Desbrochers

Borovec, Roman & Perrin, Hélène, 2016, On the systematic position of some species of Chiloneus, Desbrochersella and Sciaphilus, with description of two new species and lectotype selection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4109 (2), pp. 131-152 : 141-142

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.2
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scientific name	Chiloneus ottomanus Desbrochers
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Chiloneus ottomanus Desbrochers View in CoL des Loges, 1892

Chiloneus ottomanus Desbrochers des Loges, 1892: 113.

Chiloneus ottomanus: Winkler, 1932: 1469 View in CoL ; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 178; Borovec, 2013b: 380.

Type locality. Turquie [ Turkey] (Desbrochers des Loges, 1892).

Type material examined. Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. ( MNHN, Desbrochers coll.), ‘ Turquie [hw] / Ex Museo / Desbrochers / 1914 [p] // LECTOTYPUS / Chiloneus / ottomanus Desbr., 1892 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2015 [p, red] // Chiloneus / ottomanus Dsbr. / R. Borovec det. 2015 [p/hw]’. 1 spec. ( MNHN, Desbrochers coll.), ‘Ex Museo / Desbrochers / 1914 [p]’.

Remarks. The lectotype of Chiloneus ottomanus is 5.94 mm long. The moderately large, slender and elongate brownish body with sparsely punctured pronotum make this species very similar to C. brevithorax . From C. brevithorax it is distinguishable by small teeth on all femora, inner elytral intervals with piliform appressed setae and funicle segments 6 and 7 transverse.