Systematic position of the Afrotropical species described in Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) Author Borovec, Roman Author Skuhrovec, Jiří text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-08 4344 3 journal volume 31588 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.5 e4049a32-efd8-41a3-9121-56a528bdfa58 1175-5326 1043727 28FD74C1-3461-4789-9BD4-B835B7D1985C “ Trachyphloeus ” nodifrons Hoffmann, 1968 Trachyphloeus nodifrons Hoffmann, 1968 : 14 (original description). Type locality. Kindamba Meya , environs grotte d´ Adam [ Republic of the Congo ]. Material examined. Holotype, male (HNHM): ‘Soil—Zoological Exp. Congo—Brazzaville Kindamba, Méya near Adam cave / 7.11.1963 No 120 sifted in trunks leg. Endrödy-Younga / Holotype 1968 Trachyphloeus nodifrons Hoffmann / ♂ Type / Trachyphloeus nodifrons m. A. Hoffmann det. ♂’. Paratypes, 12 spec. (HNHM), 10 spec. labelled as holotype; 1 spec.: ‘Soil—Zoological Exp. Congo—Brazzaville Kindamba, Méya Luolo river / 2.11.1963 No 78 sifted in litter leg. Endrödy-Younga’; 1 spec.: ‘Soil—Zoological Exp. Congo—Brazzaville Kindamba, Méya Luolo river / 10.11.1963 No 148 soil trap leg. Balogh & Ziesi’. Remarks. Hoffmann (1968) described this very interesting species from 30 specimens from the Adam Cave and Luolo River in the Republic of Congo . The type material was examined by the first author many years ago. The species certainly does not belong in Trachyphloeus , and its placement in the tribe Trachyphloeini is also doubtful. We provisionally leave it in Trachyphloeus .