Chiloneus syriacus ( Stierlin, 1886 )

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 : 143-144

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055370
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scientific name	Chiloneus syriacus ( Stierlin, 1886 )
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Chiloneus syriacus ( Stierlin, 1886) View in CoL

Sciaphilus syriacus Stierlin, 1886: 228 View in CoL .

Sciaphilus syriacus: Winkler, 1932: 1471 View in CoL ; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 168. Chiloneus syriacus: Borovec, 2013b: 380 View in CoL .

Type locality. Syrien ( Stierlin, 1886).

Type material examined. 1 spec. ( SDEI, Stierlin coll.), ‘ Syrien / Kaifa / Reitter [p] // coll. Stierlin [p] // HOLOTYPUS [p, red] // Sciaphilus / n. sp. / syriacus / m. [hw]’.

Remarks. The holotype clearly represents an independent species of Chiloneus , as it was already listed by Borovec (2013b) after the examination of the type. The slender brownish body with sparsely punctured pronotum and moderately long semierect elytral setae make this species similar to C. brevithorax Desbrochers des Loges, 1874, C. hoffmanni ( González, 1970) , C. infuscatus ( Chevrolat, 1861) , C. jonicus Kraatz, 1859 , C. meridionalis (Boheman, 1840) , C. ottomanus Desbrochers des Loges, 1892 and C. solarii Pesarini, 1970 . From all these species C. syriacus differs by smaller size of body, but its proper position within these species must be evaluated.