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<emphasis id="B932214A6B69FFD2FF6610F9FE70F8A5" bold="true" box="[151,438,1766,1792]" italics="true" pageId="10">Platycopes tuberculatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B69FFD2FF66114EFE4CF8C2" box="[151,394,1873,1895]" italics="true" pageId="10">Platycopes tuberculatus</emphasis>
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(original description). 
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B69FFD2FF661170FE55F820" box="[151,403,1903,1925]" italics="true" pageId="10">Trachyphloeus pustulifer</emphasis>
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(original description), 
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B69FFD2FF661191FE55F801" box="[151,403,1934,1956]" italics="true" pageId="10">Trachyphloeus pustulifer</emphasis>
: 
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locality.
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[
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, 
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and 
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provinces and the eastern part of the 
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FF3616C0FE74FF5D" bold="true" box="[199,434,223,248]" pageId="11">Material examined.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FE4A16C0FD0CFF5D" authorityName="Marshall" authorityYear="1906" baseAuthorityName="Marshall" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[443,714,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Platycopes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FE4A16C0FD0CFF5D" box="[443,714,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="11">Platycopes tuberculatus</emphasis>
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. 2 spec.: Kaapschehoop, 
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, 
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FBAA16C0FAAFFF5D" box="[1115,1385,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="11">Platycopes tuberculatus</emphasis>
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det. Marshall (RMCA). 
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<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FE85171BFD4AFEB8" authorityName=": Borovec &amp; Meregalli" authorityYear="2013" box="[372,652,260,285]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trachyphloeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pustulifer">Trachyphloeus pustulifer</taxonomicName>
.
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Lectotype (here designated): 1 spec. (NHMB), ‘Sabie N. O. Trans. S. A. Leg. Frey 
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[p] / Museum Frey München [printed] / 
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E. Voss det., 1959’ [hw, only on one pin] / LECTOTYPUS, 
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des. 2017 [red label, p] / 
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Platycopes tuberculatus 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD780A96B68FFD3FDB51770FD3FFE2D" author="Marshall" box="[580,761,367,392]" pageId="11" refString="Marshall, G. A. K. (1906) On new species of African Coleoptera of the Family Curculionidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 67, 911 - 958, pls. LXVI - LXVII" type="journal article" year="1906">Marshall, 1906</bibRefCitation>
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, R. Borovec &amp; J. Skuhrovec det. 2017 [red label, p]. Paralectotypes: 3 spec. (NHMB), same data as lectotype but with a label reading ‘PARALECTOTYPE, 
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FF6617A8FCEAFE75" authority="Voss, R. Borovec &amp; J. Skuhrovec" authorityName="Voss, R. Borovec &amp; J. Skuhrovec" authorityYear="2017" box="[151,812,439,464]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trachyphloeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pustulifer">Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, R. Borovec &amp; J. Skuhrovec</taxonomicName>
des. 2017’.
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FF3617C3FEFDFE50" bold="true" box="[199,315,476,501]" pageId="11">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD780A96B68FFD3FEB217C2FE0DFE50" author="Voss" box="[323,459,476,501]" pageId="11" refString="Voss, E. (1959) Unbekannte Curculioniden aus der orientalischen und athiopischen Region (152. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 10, 407 - 414." type="journal article" year="1959">Voss (1959)</bibRefCitation>
described 
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FDB617C3FCA6FE50" box="[583,864,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="11">Trachyphloeus pustulifer</emphasis>
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based on 
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and compared the species with the 
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African 
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FE5817E0FD19FDBD" authorityName="Marshall R. Borovec &amp; J. Skuhrovec" authorityYear="1923" box="[425,735,511,536]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trachyphloeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hardenbergi">
<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FE5817E0FD19FDBD" box="[425,735,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="11">Trachyphloeus hardenbergi</emphasis>
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and the North African and Sicilian 
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FB75141EFADBFDBD" box="[1156,1309,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="11">T. nodipennis</emphasis>
Chevrolat, 1860
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and 
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<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FEF7143AFEB3FD98" box="[262,373,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="11">T. godarti</emphasis>
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. We examined four of Voss‘ 
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, on three pins, housed in the NHMB, and here designate one of them as 
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. The other 
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are thus 
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. The four 
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specimens studied are conspecific with 
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FE1A1472FC95FD20" authority="Marshall, 1906" authorityName="Marshall" authorityYear="1906" box="[491,851,620,645]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Platycopes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FE1A1472FD50FD20" box="[491,662,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="11">P. tuberculatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD780A96B68FFD3FD531473FC95FD20" author="Marshall" box="[674,851,620,645]" pageId="11" refString="Marshall, G. A. K. (1906) On new species of African Coleoptera of the Family Curculionidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 67, 911 - 958, pls. LXVI - LXVII" type="journal article" year="1906">Marshall, 1906</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, described also from Transvaal, and we therefore synonymise the names 
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FE5B1490FC97FD0D" authority="Voss, 1959" authorityName="Voss, R. Borovec et J. Skuhrovec" authorityYear="1959" box="[426,849,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trachyphloeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pustulifer">
<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FE5B1490FD00FD0D" box="[426,710,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="11">Trachyphloeus pustulifer</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD780A96B68FFD3FD23148FFC97FD0D" author="Voss" box="[722,849,655,680]" pageId="11" refString="Voss, E. (1959) Unbekannte Curculioniden aus der orientalischen und athiopischen Region (152. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 10, 407 - 414." type="journal article" year="1959">Voss, 1959</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FC601490FAA6FD0D" authority="Marshall, 1906" authorityName="Marshall" authorityYear="1906" box="[913,1376,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Platycopes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberculatus">
<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FC601490FB65FD0D" box="[913,1187,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="11">Platycopes tuberculatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD780A96B68FFD3FB5E1490FAA6FD0D" author="Marshall" box="[1199,1376,655,680]" pageId="11" refString="Marshall, G. A. K. (1906) On new species of African Coleoptera of the Family Curculionidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 67, 911 - 958, pls. LXVI - LXVII" type="journal article" year="1906">Marshall, 1906</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. The genus 
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FF2E14ABFE9CFD68" authorityName="Schoenherr" authorityYear="1823" box="[223,346,692,717]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Platycopes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B932214A6B68FFD3FF2E14ABFE9CFD68" box="[223,346,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="11">Platycopes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently classified in the tribe 
<taxonomicName id="4C4686DB6B68FFD3FD2914ABFC93FD68" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1891" box="[728,853,692,717]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Sciaphilini">Sciaphilini</taxonomicName>
.
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