The type material of the species of Laparocerus Schönherr, 1834 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) Author Machado, Antonio text Journal of Natural History 2006 2006-12-21 40 35 - 37 2001 2055 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930601046659 journal article 10.1080/00222930601046659 1464-5262 5232123 Laparocerus azoricus Drouet, 1859 Laparocerus azoricus Drouet 1859 , p 256 . Type locality. Horta–Caldeira, Island of Faial , Azores . Lectotype : 1„ [ Açores ]. Road from Horta to Caldeira, May to September 1857 , leg. Drouet ( ex litt. ). The box label5[ Laparocerus Azoricus A.Drouet / Otiorrhynchus Hartungi Heer , Iles Açores ]. MHN, Troyes. Paralectotypes : 6 exx [ Açores ]+one of them [ Laparocerus n.sp. ]. MHN, Troyes. 2 exx [ Azores ], MNHN , Paris. Remarks. According to Drouet (1859) the original series was almost 100 specimens . I have found many very old specimens of L. azoricus in several institutional collections, but unfortunately they do not bear any supporting evidence of being syntypes . Hartung and Morelet also collected the species in abundance during the same trip. L. azoricus is the type species of the subgenus Droetius Méquignon, 1942 , by original designation. The abovementioned Otiorhynchus hartungi Heer is a nomen nudum .