Chiloneus submaculatus (Pic, 1917)

Sciaphilus submaculatus Pic, 1917: 14 .

Sciaphilus alboscutellaris Pic, 1917: 22, syn. nov. Type locality: Algérie: Constantine. Chiloneus submaculatus: Winkler, 1932: 1469; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 178; Borovec, 2013b: 380. Chiloneus alboscutellaris: Winkler, 1932: 1469; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 176; Borovec, 2013b: 379.

Type locality. Algérie: Bou Saada (Pic, 1917).

Type material examined. Sciaphilus submaculatus . Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. (MNHN, Pic coll.), ‘B. Saada [hw] // type [hw, yellow] // submaculatus / Pic [hw] // TYPE [p, red] // LECTOTYPUS / Sciaphilus / submaculatus Pic, 1917 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2015 [p, red] / Chiloneus / submaculatus (Pic), R. Borovec det. 2015 [hw/p]’.

Sciaphilus alboscutellaris . Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. (MNHN, Pic coll.), ‘CONSTANTINE / HÉNON / COLL. DE VAULOGER [p] // Chiloneus / murinus Dsbr. / ou sp. près [hw] // 96 [hw] // n. sp. probl. [hw] // type [hw, yellow] // alboscutellaris / Pic / TYPE [p, red] // LECTOTYPUS / Sciaphilus / alboscutellaris Pic, 1917 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2015 [p, red] // Chiloneus / submaculatus (Pic), R. Borovec det. 2015 [hw/p]’.

Remarks. The lectotype of Sciaphilus submaculatus is 4.88 mm long. The lectotype of Sciaphilus alboscutellaris is 5.94 mm long. With a moderately large, densely squamose body with elongate-oval elytra C. submaculatus somewhat resembles Sciaphilus asperatus (Bonsdorff, 1785) . From all other Chiloneus species it is distinguishable by its raised elytral setae very short, at apical declivity shorter than half the width of one elytral interval, scutellum densely covered by whitish appressed scales and large, angular, subtrapezoidal frontoepistomal area.