A revision of the New Zealand weevil genus Irenimus Pascoe, 1876 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Author
Brown, Samuel D. J.
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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24.
Chalepistes spermophilus
(
Broun, 1895
)
new combination
Catoptes spermophilus
Broun, 1895
:405
(Synonymised with
Irenimus compressus
by
Kuschel, 1969
:800
)
Catoptes subnitidus
Broun, 1914
:206
(Synonymised with
Irenimus compressus
by
Kuschel, 1969
:800
)
Catoptes curvatus
Broun, 1914
:206
(Synonymised with
Irenimus aequalis
by
Kuschel, 1969
:805
) This species is removed from synonymy with the externally similar
C. compressus
on the basis of clear aedeagal characters and genetic differences. The apex of the penis in
C. compressus
is sagittate (
Kuschel, 1969:
Figure 11
), while the apex of the penis in
C. spermophilus
is broadly rounded.