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Trachyphloeus Germar 1817

Description

Trachyphloeusnodifrons Hoffmann, 1968

Trachyphloeus nodifrons Hoffmann, 1968: 14 (original description).

Type locality. Kindamba Meya, environs grotte d´ Adam [Republic of the Congo].

Material examined. Holotype, male (HNHM): ‘Soil—Zoological Exp. Congo—Brazzaville Kindamba, Méya near Adam cave / 7.11.1963 No 120 sifted in trunks leg. Endrödy-Younga / Holotype 1968 Trachyphloeus nodifrons Hoffmann / ♂ Type / Trachyphloeus nodifrons m. A. Hoffmann det. ♂’. Paratypes, 12 spec. (HNHM), 10 spec. labelled as holotype; 1 spec.: ‘Soil—Zoological Exp. Congo—Brazzaville Kindamba, Méya Luolo river / 2.11.1963 No 78 sifted in litter leg. Endrödy-Younga’; 1 spec.: ‘Soil—Zoological Exp. Congo—Brazzaville Kindamba, Méya Luolo river / 10.11.1963 No 148 soil trap leg. Balogh & Ziesi’.

Remarks. Hoffmann (1968) described this very interesting species from 30 specimens from the Adam Cave and Luolo River in the Republic of Congo. The type material was examined by the first author many years ago. The species certainly does not belong in Trachyphloeus, and its placement in the tribe Trachyphloeini is also doubtful. We provisionally leave it in Trachyphloeus.

Notes

Published as part of Borovec, Roman & Skuhrovec, Jiří, 2017, Systematic position of the Afrotropical species described in Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) in Zootaxa 4344 (3), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1043727

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Germar
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Trachyphloeus
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Trachyphloeus Germar, 1817 sec. Borovec & Skuhrovec, 2017

References

  • Hoffmann, A. (1968) The Scientific Results of the Hungarian Soil Zoological Expedition to the Brazzaville-Congo. 32. Especes de la famille Curculionidae (Coleoptera). Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 8, 11 - 29.