Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Rhinusa tetra (Fabricius) species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Author Caldara, Roberto Author Casalini, Roberto Author Baviera, Cosimo text Zootaxa 2012 3329 31 40 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.281230 3aa9c3e9-4495-480b-8095-3eff3fee36a6 1175-5326 281230 Gymnetron fuscescens Rosenschoeld, 1838 Rosenschoeld (1838) described Gymnetron fuscescens from specimens from Tauria ( Turkey ) and reported that they were very similar to R. plagiella but smaller. After the examination of a syntype , Brisout de Barneville (1865) provisionally concluded that this taxon might be a distinct species very closely related to R. tetra . Desbrochers des Loges (1893) synonymized this taxon with R. tetra , an opinion followed by Reitter (1907) and Hoffmann (1958) . At the NHRS we examined a male syntype labelled “♂ / Tauria, Steven / Typus ” ( lectotype here designated), which we identified as R. tetra based on the shape of the rostrum, which is shorter than that of male R. verbasci , and the size, which is larger than in R. moroderi (see below).