Desbrochersella diversepubens (Pic, 1904) Pic, 1904

Borovec, Roman & Perrin, Hélène, 2016, On the systematic position of some species of Chiloneus, Desbrochersella and Sciaphilus, with description of two new species and lectotype selection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4109 (2), pp. 131-152 : 146-147

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47471B47-156A-45D1-9F3A-659DD8600043
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055382
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF648790-FFAC-FFD9-FF7D-910EB3546B8B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Desbrochersella diversepubens (Pic, 1904)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Desbrochersella diversepubens (Pic, 1904) View in CoL , comb. nov.

Sciaphilus diversepubens Pic, 1904b: 91 View in CoL .

Sciaphilus curtipennis Pic, 1917: 14 View in CoL , syn. nov. Type locality: Algérie: Barika. Chiloneus diversepubens: Winkler, 1932: 1469 View in CoL ; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 176; Borovec, 2013b: 379. Chiloneus curtipennis: Winkler, 1932: 1469 ; Dalla Torre et al., 1937: 176; Borovec, 2013b: 379.

Type locality. Algérie: Chellala ( Pic, 1904b).

Type material examined. Sciaphilus diversepubens . Lectotype (here designated): 1 female ( MNHN, Pic coll.), ‘Chellala / sous pierres / Garnier 95 [hw] // 78 [hw] // Sciaphilus X [hw] // sp. près microps [hw] // type [hw, yellow] // Sc. diversepubens / Pic [hw] // TYPE [p, red] // LECTOTYPUS / Sciaphilus / diversepubens Pic, 1904 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2015 [p, red] // Desbrochersella / diversepubens (Pic) , R. Borovec det. 2015 [hw/p]’.

Sciaphilus curtipennis . Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. ( MNHN, Pic coll.), ‘Barika [hw] // type [hw, yellow] // curtipennis / Pic [hw] // Type [p, red] // LECTOTYPUS / Sciaphilus / curtipennis Pic, 1917 / Borovec & Perrin desig. 2015 [p, red] // Desbrochersella / diversepubens (Pic) , R. Borovec det. 2015 [hw/p]’.

Remarks. The lectotype of Sciaphilus diversepubens is 3.69 mm long, remounted by us with genitalia extracted on the same card as the specimen. The lectotype of Sciaphilus curtipennis is 3.44 mm long. The slender antennae, elongate-oval appressed elytral scales and long semierect elytral setae, the short and wide, dorsally regularly conical rostrum and frontoepistomal area posteriorly arched make this species similar to D. baetica (Schaufuss, 1862) . Desbrochersella diversepubens can be distinguished from D. baetica by its frontoepistomal area longer and shallowly depressed, conspicuous semierect setae on antennae and tibiae and wider pronotum.