Phaylomerinthus setiger ( Fåhraeus, 1871 ) Borovec & Skuhrovec, 2017

Borovec, Roman & Skuhrovec, Jiří, 2017, Systematic position of the Afrotropical species described in Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4344 (3) : -

Phaylomerinthus setiger ( Fåhraeus, 1871) , comb. n.

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Trachyphloeus setiger Fåhraeus, 1871: 36 (original description).

Trachyphloeus setiger: Lona, 1937: 331 (catalogue); Borovec & Meregalli, 2013: 501 (note).

Type locality. Caffraria [ South Africa].

Material examined. Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. ( NHRS, Schoenherr’s coll.), ‘Caffraria. [p] / I. Vahlb. [p] / Typus [red label, p] / Trachyphloeus setiger n. sp. (hirsutulus Bhn.) [hw] / 6229 E91 + [blue label, p] / setiger Fåhrs. [tw] / LECTOTYPUS Trachyphloeus setiger Fåhraeus, R. Borovec et J. Skuhrovec des. 2017 [red label, p] / Phaylomerinthus setiger (Fåhraeus) R. Borovec et J. Skuhrovec det. 2017’ [p] ( Fig. 5B ).

Remarks. As with Pentatrachyphloeus nanus, Fåhraeus (1871) described this species from “Caffraria” without a specific locality or the number of specimens he had at his disposal. The lectotype is well preserved, 2.13 mm long. Based on the rostrum and head being separated by a slender V-shaped suclus, the epifrons being distinctly narrower at its base than the space between the eyes and antennae and protibiae being long and slender, we treat this species as being congeneric with Phaylomerinthus cinereus and transfer it to this genus.

Figures

FIGURE 5. A — Phaylomerinthus convergens (Voss, 1962), habitus, male, dorsal view. B — Phaylomerinthus setiger (Fåhraeus, 1871), Lectotype, and its labels. Scale bar: 1 mm.