Oreoscotus puncticollis ( Hustache, 1936 ) Grebennikov, 2018

Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2018, Both non-type species of Molytophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) are transferred to Oreoscotus, Zootaxa 4418 (4), pp. 393-396 : 396

Oreoscotus puncticollis ( Hustache, 1936) comb. n. ( Figs. 2C, D )

Molytophilus puncticollis Hustache, 1936: 492 (description), 493 (habitus illustration)

Type locality: Abyssinie.

Type specimens: Primary: Holotype (by original designation, Fig. 2C, D ), female (MNHN): “Abyss. R. [h] \ Gen. nov. nr. Niphades . Another sp. in BM. [h] \ TYPE [p]”. Secondary: Paratype (MNHN): not studied. Described from two specimens (holotype, paratype).

Remark: Hustache noted that the holotype has been deposited in MNHN, while the paratype has remained in his collection. Later the Hustache collection was incorporated into MNHN. The only specimen located in MNHN in 2011 has the label “ Type ” and is, therefore, considered to be the holotype.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Holotypes of Oreoscotus affinis (Hustache, 1936) comb. n. (A, B; image copyright: NHMUK) and O. puncticollis (Hustache, 1936) comb. n. (C, D).