On the identity of Rhinusa hispida (Brullé) and its current synonyms (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Author Caldara, Roberto Author Ić, Milana Desan Č Author Gassmann, Andre Author Legarreta, Lorenza Author Emerson, Brent C. Author Toševski, Ivo text Zootaxa 2008 1805 61 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.182657 3b1cb71a-4a88-47e3-91bd-9afbd85a1ea2 1175-5326 182657 Gymnetron hispidum Brullé Gymnetron hispidum Brullé, 1832 : 247 ; Desbrochers 1893 : 27 ; Reitter 1908 : 38 ; 1916: 230; Hustache 1931 : 416 , 427; Hoffmann 1958 : 1284 , 1304. Smreczyński, 1976 : 34 . Lohse & Tischler, 1983 : 269 . This species was described under the number "457" in Brullé’s catalogue of species collected in Morea ( Greece ), but its type specimens were evidently never studied by another author after their description. The salient features of the original Latin diagnosis are " Niger , pube sericeo hirtus; rostro medio sulcato; thorace lateribus solum hispidum ." and the dimensions given are 6 mm for the length and 3 mm for the width. Brisout (1862) did not cite G. hispidum in his monograph on Mecinini , whereas Desbrochers (1893) wrote in his revision of the tribe " La description de Brullé, malgré une légère contradiction, qui n'est probablement qu'une erreur d'impression, ne laisse aucun doute, sur la réunion à cette espèce, du G. p i l o s u m Gyll. parue six ans plus tard .". All subsequent authors ( Reitter 1908 , Hustache 1931 , Hoffmann 1958 , Smreczyńki 1976 , Lohse & Tischler 1983 ) accepted this synonymy proposed by Desbrochers. In the general collection of the MNHN there is a male syntype of G. hispidum that corresponds very well with Brullé’s original description and is labelled "Museum Paris, Morée, 4187-33 [typewritten grey rectangular label] / Brullé, Morée [handwritten white round label] / 457 [handwritten white rectangular label]". It is here designated as the lectotype of Gymnetron hispidum Brullé, 1832 (des. Caldara). It actually belongs to R. tetra (Fabricius, 1792) , which possesses long, yellowish, seta-like scales and a rostrum with a median sulcus.