Chiloneus syriacus (Stierlin, 1886)

Sciaphilus syriacus Stierlin, 1886: 228 .

Sciaphilus syriacus: Winkler, 1932: 1471; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 168. Chiloneus syriacus: Borovec, 2013b: 380 .

Type locality. Syrien (Stierlin, 1886).

Type material examined. 1 spec. (SDEI, Stierlin coll.), ‘ Syrien / Kaifa / Reitter [p] // coll. Stierlin [p] // HOLOTYPUS [p, red] // Sciaphilus / n. sp. / syriacus / m. [hw]’.

Remarks. The holotype clearly represents an independent species of Chiloneus, as it was already listed by Borovec (2013b) after the examination of the type. The slender brownish body with sparsely punctured pronotum and moderately long semierect elytral setae make this species similar to C. brevithorax Desbrochers des Loges, 1874, C. hoffmanni (González, 1970), C. infuscatus (Chevrolat, 1861), C. jonicus Kraatz, 1859, C. meridionalis (Boheman, 1840), C. ottomanus Desbrochers des Loges, 1892 and C. solarii Pesarini, 1970 . From all these species C. syriacus differs by smaller size of body, but its proper position within these species must be evaluated.