Geochus nodosus, Broun, 1221

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 nOdOsUs Broun , 1893 ( Fig. 16 )

Geochus nodosus Broun 1893b: 1221 . Type locality: Mount Manaia .

Type Depository. BMNH: HT .

Distribution. New Zealand (ND).

Remarks. Broun based the description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype. There were three additional specimens labeled as variants in the Broun collection (BMNH).

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

Type Material Examined. Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “2543. [in Broun’s hand]// New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit.

Mus. 1922-482.//Manaia// Geochus nodosus [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

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