Types of species of Apionidae (Coleoptera) described by Carl Peter Thunberg (1743 - 1828) with description of a new genus Author Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. text ZooKeys 2013 317 89 101 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.317.5477 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.317.5477 1313-2970-317-89 Apion limbatum Thunberg, 1813: 382 Figs 1-2, 6-11 Original description. A. limbatum: cinereo-fuscum, elytrorum sutura basi margineque externo albidis. Magnitudo minoris pediculi; totum glabrum, cinereo-coerulescens. Elytra striata sutura basi margineque externo albo. Pedes inermes. Material studied. One male specimen, glued to a pin 20.4 mm long and 0.59 mm in diameter with the following data: 1293, Cap. The original Thunberg labels, which I have not seen, read: "Apion" (genus label) and "limbatum. Cap." (species label). It is here designated as the lectotype of this species. The specimen is severely damaged, the abdomen is broken and separated from the body and the elytra are open, but fortunately all legs and antennae are entire. I have been able to recover the abdomen and prepare the remainder of the ventrites, terminalia and genitalia in a drop of DMHF (water- or ethanol-soluble resin) on an acetate card. Study of the specimen showed it to be a member of an hitherto undescribed genus, which is described below. Figures 1-5. Type specimens in Thunberg's collection 1 Apion limbatum Thunberg, 1813, lectotype male, dorsal view 2 Apion limbatum Thunberg, 1813, lectotype male, lateral view 3 Apion astragali Thunberg, 1815, lectotype male, dorsolateral view 4 Apion punctigerum Thunberg, 1815, lectotype, dorsolateral view 5 Apion sanguineum Thunberg, 1815, syntype, dorsal view. Figures 6-8. Thunbergapion limbatum (Thunberg, 1813) 6 Abdominal sternites, ventral view 7 Male pygidium, dorsal view 8 Male ninth sternite (spiculum gastrale). Scale: 100 µm . Figures 9-11. Thunbergapion limbatum (Thunberg, 1813) 9 Penis, dorsal view, inner sac armature figured outside 10 Penis, lateral view 11 Tegmen, dorsal view. Scale: 100 µm .