Systematic position of Ascopus Marshall, Oreosecus Marshall, Perarogula Hoffmann and Rhadinocopes Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) with description of a new species of Ascopus from Guinea Author Borovec, Roman Author Perrin, Hélène text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-10 4668 2 245 257 journal article 25486 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.2.5 9bd8f79a-7f9f-4b4c-9e70-57318f77cfc0 1175-5326 3449323 A98E8046-FEB8-44CC-AFE1-6E382A4FDF1F Ascopus curvipes ( Hustache, 1931 ) , comb. nov. ( Fig. 2 ) Rhadinocopes curvipes Hustache, 1931: 59 (original description). Rhadinocopes curvipes : Emden & Emden 1939: 233 (catalogue). Type locality. Côte occidentale d´Afrique , Assinie [ Ivory Coast ] . Type material. Not examined. Additional material examined. 1 spec. , Côte occidentale africaine, Assinie ( MNHN ) ; 1 spec. , Ivory Coast , 1.x.1957 , P. Cachan lgt. ( MNHN ) ; 1 spec. , Ivory Coast , Banco, M . Taou , 8.ii.1960 , P. Cachan lgt. ( MNHN ) ; 1. spec., Ivory Coast , Adiopodoumé , iv.1953 , P. Cachan lgt. ( MNHN ) ; 2 spec. , Ivory Coast , Mt. Nimba camp., Savannah & gallery forest, 07°35′15″ N , 08°25′05″ W , 28.iv.-8.v. 2016 , 823 m, Aristophanous M. , Geiser M. , Moretto P. leg. ( BMNH ) ; 3 spec. , Ivory Coast , Bingerville , viii. 1961 , humus en forêt secondaire, J. Decelle lgt. ( RMCA ) . Remarks. The species was described based on four specimens collected by Ch. Alluaud. We were not able to examine type specimens, but had one specimen available from the type locality, Assinie, that fits the original description very well. This specimen, based on the shape of rostrum, well developed epistome and scrobes laterally curved downwards and not touching the ventral border of the eye, flat eyes and short antennal scapes, is clearly congeneric with Ascopus pyriformis and must be transferred to that genus as A. curvipes ( Hustache, 1931 ) , comb. nov. Here we create a valid species, extremely similar to A. echinatus , separable according to characters stated below in the key.