Holcolaccus sparsus, (Voss, 1959)

Borovec, Roman & Nakládal, Oto, 2018, Eudraces barclayi sp. nov., with some notes on the genus Eudraces Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Myorhinini), Zootaxa 4392 (2), pp. 374-382 : 380-381

HolcolaccuS SParSuS ( Voss, 1959) , comb. nov.

Eudraces sparsum Voss 1959: 412 (original description).

Type locality. Sabio [Sabie, South Africa , Mpumalanga], Tonget bei Durban [ South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal] .

Type material. Paratype: 1 ♀, ‘Type [red, p] / Sabie, N. O. Trans. S. A., Leg. Frey I.1952 [p] / Eudraces sparsum n. sp. [hw], E. Voss det., 1928 [p] / ( Holcolaccus sparsus (Voss) , R. Borovec det. 2017 [p]’ (NHMB).

Additional material examined. 1 ♂ 4 ♀♀, South Africa, Eastern Cape or., Transkei, Ungie env., 31°17.7′ S, 28°06.4′ E, 1 450 m, 23.xi.2015, M. Košťál lgt. ( RBSC, MKBC) ; 1 ♀, South Africa, Mpumalanga, Uitsoek , 25°15′ S, 30°34′ E, 12.xii.1986, high altitude grassveld, grassnetting, Endrödy-Younga lgt. ( TMSA) .

Remarks. Voss (1959) described this species based on two specimens from “N. O. Transvaal [Mpumalanga, Sabie], Sabio, I.1952, Frey leg.” and “Natal [KwaZulu Natal], Tongset bei Durban, I.1952, Frey leg.”. The paratype specimen, as well as other studied and dissected material belongs, based on the rostrum laterally covered by piliform setae, scrobes in lateral view not continuing backwards, anterior border of pronotum lacking ocular lobes and female sternite VIII with arrow-shaped, narrow and long plate, with median part strongly sclerotised, narrowly subtriangular, apically exceeding as slender, sharp tip, laterally with weakly sclerotised, translucent “wings” to the genus Holcolaccus Marshall, 1953 ( Oosomini Lacordaire, 1863 ), which is considered monotypic, with the only described species H. viridulus Marshall, 1953 . However, Holcolaccus also includes five undescribed species, and will be revised in a future paper.