Redescription of Brachyolus punctatus White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with synonyms and lectotype designations
Author
Brown, Samuel D. J.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-05
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4369.3.8
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Inophloeus breviusculus
Broun, 1880
: 440
Holotype
(
Figures 9, 10
). Female (
BMNH
). Glued to card mount; specimen with right antenna broken from funicle segment 2, segments 5–7 and the club glued onto card. Labelled: ‘774’ [printed, small off-white rectangular label],
BCBM
label, ‘
BMNH
(E) / 1237401’ [printed, white rectangular label], ‘
HOLOTYPE
/
Inophloeus
/
breviusculus
/
Broun 1880
/ Confirmed SDJ Brown 2013’ [printed, red rectangular label].
Broun (1880)
states that he had a “unique specimen” from
Wellington
, thus indicating that only one specimen made up the
type
series and thereby implicitly designating a
holotype
.
Three
specimens are placed above the label for this taxon in
BMNH
, two of which are labelled ‘
Stratford’
and are excluded from the
type
series.
The
third specimen, recognised as
holotype
above, does not have explicit locality data, but the form of the labels matches those of specimens described at the same time. In addition, this specimen matches the description; it is abraded and has much of the black integument exposed, leading Broun to describe it as ‘piceous’.