Geochus morosus, Broun, 1914

Leschen, Richard A. B., Davis, Steven, Brown, Samuel D. J., Brav-Cubitt, Talia & Buckley, Thomas R., 2022, The Enigmatic Dead-Leaf Miner Geochus Broun (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Phylogenetic Placement, a New Species, and Lectotype Designations, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (1), pp. 1-35 : 28

GeOchUs mOrOsUs Broun, 1914 ( Fig. 16 )

Geochus morosus Broun 1914a: 130 . Type locality: Otira Gorge.

Type Depository. BMNH: HT .

Distribution. New Zealand (WD).

Remarks. Broun based the description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype.

We place this species into a species group with G. inaequalis .

Type Material Examined. Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “3451. [in Broun’s hand]// New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.//Otira Gorge. 11.12.1907. [in Broun’s hand]// Geochus morosus [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

Fig. 16. Dorsal habitus photographs of representatives of the type series or holotypes of Geochus arranged into informal groups.