Geochus squamosus, Broun, 1893, 1465

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 : 30-31

GeOchUs sqUamOsUs Broun, 1893 ( Fig. 17 )

Geochus squamosus Broun 1893b: 1465 . Type locality: Maketu, Hunua Range.

Type Depository. BMNH : LT, 1 PLT.

Distribution. New Zealand (WO).

Remarks. Broun stated that he had based his description on three specimens, two of which we located in the Broun collection (BMNH). We designate one specimen as the lectotype to stabilize the epithet, with the other becoming a paralectotype. See comments under G. frontalis for a discussion on type locality.

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

Type Material Examined. Lectotype, here designated ( BMNH): card-mounted, “2639. [in Broun’s hand]// New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.//Hunua Maketu [in Broun’s hand]// Geochus squamosus [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, same but mounted dorsally and lacking the identification label .

Figures

Fig. 17. Dorsal habitus photographs of representatives of the type series or holotypes of Geochus arranged into informal groups.