Inophloeus breviusculus Broun, 1880 : 440

Brown, Samuel D. J., 2018, Redescription of Brachyolus punctatus White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with synonyms and lectotype designations, Zootaxa 4369 (3), pp. 432-442 : 436

Inophloeus breviusculus Broun, 1880: 440

Holotype ( Figures 9, 10 ). Female ( BMNH). Glued to card mount; specimen with right antenna broken from funicle segment 2, segments 5–7 and the club glued onto card. Labelled: ‘774’ [printed, small off-white rectangular label], BCBM label, ‘ BMNH (E) / 1237401’ [printed, white rectangular label], ‘ HOLOTYPE / Inophloeus / breviusculus / Broun 1880 / Confirmed SDJ Brown 2013’ [printed, red rectangular label].

Broun (1880) states that he had a “unique specimen” from Wellington, thus indicating that only one specimen made up the type series and thereby implicitly designating a holotype . Three specimens are placed above the label for this taxon in BMNH, two of which are labelled ‘ Stratford’ and are excluded from the type series. The third specimen, recognised as holotype above, does not have explicit locality data, but the form of the labels matches those of specimens described at the same time. In addition, this specimen matches the description; it is abraded and has much of the black integument exposed, leading Broun to describe it as ‘piceous’.

Figures

FIGURES 5–10. Habitus photographs of type specimens. 5, Brachyolus punctatus type series, dorsal. Male paralectotype on left, female lectotype on right (arrowed).6, Brachyolus punctatus female lectotype, lateral.7, Brachyolus albescens lectotype, dorsal; 8, Brachyolus albescens lectotype, lateral; 9, Inophloeus breviusculus holotype, dorsal; 10, Inophloeus breviusculus holotype, lateral.Scale bars = 1 mm.