Ellimenistes setulosus FÅHRAEUS , 1871

Yunakov, N. N. & Klass K. D., 2012, Contribution to the taxonomy and nomenclature of Entiminae from the Palaearctic region and South Africa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 (2), pp. 427-445 : 430

Ellimenistes setulosus FÅHRAEUS, 1871

Pimelorrhinus globatus Reitter, 1915 , syn. n.

Taxonomic notes:

The original description of Pimelorrhinus and of its sole species P. globatus was based on a single male ( Fig. 1 ) with the label ‘Ins. Rhodus’ ( Fig. 2 ). No further species were assigned later to Pimelorrhinus , so that the genus has remained monotypic. Reitter (1915a) attributed Pimelorrhinus to the tribe Holcorrhinini because it shares with those a transversal sulcus on the epifrons beyond the eyes. In fact, the type specimen must be transferred to the South African genus Ellimenistes Boh. , of which 36 species have become described. Moreover, there are no differences in external morphology and male genitalia between the type specimen of Pimelorrhinus globatus Rtt. and Ellimenistes setulosus Fåhr. Thus , a new synonymy is proposed here for Ellimenistes setulosus Fåhraeus, 1871 and Pimelorrhinus globatus Reitter, 1915 .

‘Ins. Rhodus’ could be interpreted as the Dodecanese island in Aegean Sea bearing this name. However, there is no further record for either name from the Mediterranean region. Thus either the “ Pimelorrhinus globatus ” specimen was introduced to this island accidentally, or the specimen is mislabeled. One possible source for mislabeling is the similarity of spelling of ‘Rhodus’ and ‘Rhodes’, a university in Grahamstown (established in 1904) in the Eastern Cape province, where Ellimenistes setulosus was described from ( Fåhraeus 1871).

Type material:

Pimelorrhinus globatus : Holotype, male ( MTMB): ‘Ins. Rhodus’ / ‘ Pimelorrhinus globatus m. 1915. Type’ / ‘Coll. Reitter’ / ‘Monotypus Pimelorrhinus globatus Reitter 1915 ’ / ‘ Ellimenistes setulosus Fåhr., Yunakov det. 2009’.

Other material examined:

South Africa: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MTMB) “S. Africa/ Natal”; 1 ♂ ( ZIN) “South Africa (Natal)”; 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ ( KUMN) “Port Natal [= Durban]/ Deyrolle [leg.]” .

Figures

Figs 1-4: Pimelorrhinus and Polydrusus, general view. Pimelorrhinus globatus Reitter, 1915 (= Ellimenistes setulosus Fåhraeus, 1871), holotype male. 1: dorsal view; 2: original labels and glueboard with dissected aedeagus and 9th sternite. Polydrusus julianus Reitter, 1916, holotype female. 3: dorsal view; 4: original labels.