treatments-xml/data/20/49/F6/2049F649FFC6FFFA5964FEBBFCC55291.xml
2024-06-21 12:31:12 +02:00

443 lines
54 KiB
XML
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="1707CF5F824E9B19986EEF0E0F60BC68" ID-CLB-Dataset="3474" ID-DOI="10.5852/ejt.2021.735.1239" ID-GBIF-Dataset="5378cee4-4671-4527-965e-72b98ab75a68" ID-ISSN="2118-9773" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5707947" ID-ZooBank="0E81E516-72A2-40BC-A766-FC66820831D8" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1613553783371" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Haran, Julien M." docDate="2021" docId="2049F649FFC6FFFA5964FEBBFCC55291" docLanguage="en" docName="ejt-735_34-73.pdf" docOrigin="European Journal of Taxonomy 735" docStyle="DocumentStyle:EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911.14:EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1" docStyleId="EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911" docStyleName="EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1" docStyleVersion="14" docTitle="Afrosmicronyx cycnii, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="13BC63BD-16FB-4F63-A4C1-183285E1BAA9" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="9" lastPageNumber="42" masterDocId="DC708E31FFC3FFF25B03FFF9FFD5500A" masterDocTitle="The Smicronychini of southern Africa (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Review of the tribe and description of 12 new species" masterLastPageNumber="73" masterPageNumber="34" pageNumber="39" updateTime="1698929781913" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0" zenodo-license-figures="CC-BY-4.0" zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:mods id="1A95DAC0242700961CAD3A0AA4720760" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="31EF7B0112BBC903E87AE220BD25012E">
<mods:title id="0A9612B2AB77C2DB3B12001736D23DC5">The Smicronychini of southern Africa (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Review of the tribe and description of 12 new species</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="8622AE42AC4E5EFEAC8C39AB70C6D55C" type="personal">
<mods:role id="B637E27E47914029F6D606A36C4BCEEC">
<mods:roleTerm id="D24D3076833A44A89A3566BF30B35390">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="29836444B817509AFA301428F365C42C">Haran, Julien M.</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="5213D276765FD751831F5038C916C71B" type="LSID">A04E1722-994A-44AD-8FD2-28DC0F220805</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="BF2F4E1D6E97A2A483B682C052BBA7CA" type="ORCID">0000-0001-9458-3785</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="75462FC83EDB9F3FA93B0637EDE3EE79">CBGP, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA, IRD, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Email: julien. haran @ cirad. fr</mods:affiliation>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="CC0DCBEA2DE685557861A5676D72EA92" type="email">julien.haran@cirad.fr</mods:nameIdentifier>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="0CCA4567EE730D29AFD7817F44FF0648">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="42AABF567ED4FF5B3D0951B05E491E71" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="C2358F3119D1D8FC4EB52FB0857BC5C9">
<mods:title id="C42536F4F735EBC21C476ECD76414F17">European Journal of Taxonomy</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="EF209CF94B95DAE62C104D6A18E0B5DE">
<mods:date id="D33A2D82903915873DDEAB0C6BD00196">2021</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="292750409D3677A182904F59EB908B92" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="1E82E254891C8AE37488B8AC07AFA40F">2021-02-17</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="17A5338B92C3F904783EDB1C59406F1F" type="volume">
<mods:number id="16E25BDD932AA15B6740B31BDC3B7658">735</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="68219C6496666BD64B631113627D5881" unit="page">
<mods:start id="4734E5604413639BDAFD8D97D46634B0">34</mods:start>
<mods:end id="F66988F9B0CCDBEABA5B2817984DEA84">73</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="221F98C60B99620F21DEAC33A7410D72">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="7D6D6A665B5807794B619C0C6ADE7559" type="CLB-Dataset">3474</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="3B274594298D1F41F4D5083F7D17AAC9" type="DOI">10.5852/ejt.2021.735.1239</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="65C44C9B8928E2C1594B705FC84F09B3" type="GBIF-Dataset">5378cee4-4671-4527-965e-72b98ab75a68</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="1FF14607612090FB3CB78119531D5971" type="ISSN">2118-9773</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="86E60CEF43F884EF0A3C47643889C560" type="Zenodo-Dep">5707947</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="46B31354668F6F2F8FC93A59EAB59572" type="ZooBank">0E81E516-72A2-40BC-A766-FC66820831D8</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="2049F649FFC6FFFA5964FEBBFCC55291" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708003" ID-GBIF-Taxon="190304199" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5708003" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:13BC63BD-16FB-4F63-A4C1-183285E1BAA9" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2049F649FFC6FFFA5964FEBBFCC55291" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<subSubSection id="E0FA14D4FFC6FFF75964FEBBFC185157" box="[615,973,322,349]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75964FEBBFC185157" blockId="5.[362,1226,322,420]" box="[615,973,322,349]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<heading id="F317F033FFC6FFF75964FEBBFC185157" box="[615,973,322,349]" centered="true" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" reason="2">
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF75964FEBBFCBE5157" authority="Hanam, 2021" box="[615,875,322,349]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cycnii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75964FEBBFCBE5157" bold="true" box="[615,875,322,349]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Afrosmicronyx cycnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC6FFF75871FEBAFC185157" box="[882,973,323,349]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E0FA14D4FFC6FFF75A69FE9FFC7951A9" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="description">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75A69FE9FFB1F518B" blockId="5.[362,1226,322,420]" box="[362,1226,358,385]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<uri id="DC714B5DFFC6FFF75A69FE9FFB1F518B" box="[362,1226,358,385]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
<uuid id="DC467D8AFFC6FFF7598DFE9FFB1F518B" box="[654,1226,358,385]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">13BC63BD-16FB-4F63-A4C1-183285E1BAA9</uuid>
</uri>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF7598BFE70FC7951A9" blockId="5.[362,1226,322,420]" box="[648,940,393,420]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<figureCitation id="30DB5BDAFFC6FFF7598BFE70FD3351A9" box="[648,742,393,419]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[189,232,1716,1742]" captionTargetBox="[249,1337,275,1643]" captionTargetId="figure-12@6.[222,1366,265,1679]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 1. Habitus of species of Smicronychini from southern Africa (Part 1). A. Sharpia madibai sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). B. Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). C. Afrosmicronyx louwi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). D. Afrosmicronyx marshalli sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). E. Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (BMNH). F. Smicronyx gracilipes sp. nov., ♀, holotype (SAMC). G. Smicronyx similis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). H. Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). I. Smicronyx paucisquamis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). J. Smicronyx fallax (Gyllenhal, 1836), ♂, neotype (NHRS). K. Smicronyx australis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). L. Smicronyx pauperculus Wollaston, 1864, ♂, specimen from Tanzania. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707951" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5707951/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="30DB5BDAFFC6FFF759F0FE70FCC251A9" box="[755,791,393,419]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="13.[189,232,1822,1848]" captionTargetBox="[253,1333,309,1743]" captionTargetId="figure-13@13.[220,1368,265,1774]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Fig. 3. Head and prothorax in lateral view of species of Smicronyx from southern Africa (Part 1). A. Sharpia madibai sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). B. Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). C. Afrosmicronyx louwi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). D. Afrosmicronyx marshalli sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). E. Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis, sp. nov., ♂, holotype (BMNH). F. Smicronyx gracilipes sp. nov., ♀, holotype (SAMC). G. Smicronyx similis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). H. Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707957" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5707957/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">3B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="30DB5BDAFFC6FFF75827FE70FC9C51AE" box="[804,841,393,420]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="16.[189,232,1611,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-13@17.[189,1398,335,1996]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Fig. 5 (opposite page). Penis of Smicronyx from southern Africa, in dorsal (left) and lateral (right) view. A. Sharpia madibai sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). B. Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). C. Afrosmicronyx louwi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). D. Afrosmicronyx marshalli sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). E. Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (BMNH). F. Smicronyx similis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). G. Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). H. Smicronyx paucisquamis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). I. Smicronyx fallax (Gyllenhal, 1836), ♂, neotype (NHRS). J. Smicronyx australis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). K. Smicronyx pauperculus Wollaston, 1864, ♂, specimen from Tanzania. L. Smicronyx san sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC), bred from Chironia baccifera L. M. Smicronyx drakensbergensis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (TMSA). N. Smicronyx zonatus Haran, 2018, ♂, paratype (CBGP), specimen from the Western Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. O. Smicronyx lutulentus Dietz, 1894, ♂ (CBGP). P. Smicronyx namibicus Haran, 2018, ♂, holotype (MNHN), specimen from Tanzania. Scale bars: 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708001" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5708001/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">5B</figureCitation>
;
<tableCitation id="E56272E4FFC6FFF75856FE70FC7951A9" box="[853,940,393,419]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="3.[189,258,265,291]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Table 1. Checklist, distribution and host plants of Smicronyx of southern Africa." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/FC9F17D7FFC0FFF15BBEFEF0FBB75129" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" tableUuid="FC9F17D7FFC0FFF15BBEFEF0FBB75129">Table 1</tableCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E0FA14D4FFC6FFF75BBEFE33FDC452CE" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFE33FE1C51EE" blockId="5.[189,457,458,484]" box="[189,457,458,484]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<heading id="F317F033FFC6FFF75BBEFE33FE1C51EE" bold="true" box="[189,457,458,484]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" reason="3">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75BBEFE33FE1C51EE" bold="true" box="[189,457,458,484]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFE00FDC452CE" blockId="5.[188,1399,505,708]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
This species is mostly similar to
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF7595EFE00FBB8521E" authority="(Hustache, 1935)" baseAuthorityName="Hustache" baseAuthorityYear="1935" box="[605,1133,505,532]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolanus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF7595EFE00FC5B5219" box="[605,910,505,531]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Afrosmicronyx angolanus</emphasis>
(Hustache, 1935)
</taxonomicName>
, a species distributed in
<collectingCountry id="D0F707CFFFC6FFF75BDEFDE5FEE6523C" box="[221,307,540,566]" name="Angola" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CC713AAEFFC6FFF75A46FDE4FD99523D" author="Haran J. &amp; Perrin H." box="[325,588,540,567]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" pagination="132 - 148" refId="ref20543" refString="Haran J. &amp; Perrin H. 2017. Revision of the genus Afrosmicronyx Hustache (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae). Zootaxa 4365 (2): 132 - 148. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4365.2.2" type="journal article" year="2017">Haran &amp; Perrin 2017</bibRefCitation>
). The two species can be distinguished by the protibial tooth (well developed in
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF75A5CFDB9FE2F5250" baseAuthorityName="Hustache" baseAuthorityYear="1935" box="[351,506,576,602]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolanus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75A5CFDB9FE2F5250" box="[351,506,576,602]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">A. angolanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, absent or very small in
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF75826FDB9FC5E5253" box="[805,907,576,602]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cycnii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75826FDB9FC5E5253" box="[805,907,576,602]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">A. cycnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC6FFF75897FDB9FC265250" box="[916,1011,576,602]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
), the scales on the elytra (dense, rounded, with a copper shine in
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF7593FFD9AFD025277" baseAuthorityName="Hustache" baseAuthorityYear="1935" box="[572,727,611,637]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolanus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF7593FFD9AFD025277" box="[572,727,611,637]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">A. angolanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, scattered, elliptic and greyish in
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF75F6AFD9AFB055277" box="[1129,1232,611,637]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cycnii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75F6AFD9AFB055277" box="[1129,1232,611,637]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">A. cycnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC6FFF75FDBFD9AFAE25277" box="[1240,1335,611,637]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
), and the shape of the penis (sides rounded in
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF7598DFD7FFCFD52AA" baseAuthorityName="Hustache" baseAuthorityYear="1935" box="[654,808,646,672]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolanus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF7598DFD7FFCFD52AA" box="[654,808,646,672]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">A. angolanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, sides straight and regularly converging from base to apex in
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF75A3BFD53FE4A52C9" box="[312,415,682,708]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cycnii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75A3BFD53FE4A52C9" box="[312,415,682,708]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">A. cycnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC6FFF75AA5FD53FDD052CE" box="[422,517,682,708]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E0FA14D4FFC6FFF75BBEFD12FD52535C" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFD12FE91530F" blockId="5.[189,324,747,773]" box="[189,324,747,773]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<heading id="F317F033FFC6FFF75BBEFD12FE91530F" bold="true" box="[189,324,747,773]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" reason="3">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75BBEFD12FE91530F" bold="true" box="[189,324,747,773]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Etymology</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFCE0FD52535C" blockId="5.[189,1399,793,855]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
This species is named in reference to the genus of the host plant
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF758B6FCE3FAA75339" authority="E. Mey. ex Benth." authorityName="Benth." box="[949,1394,793,820]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Orobanchaceae" genus="Cycnium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="adonense">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF758B6FCE3FB415339" box="[949,1172,793,820]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Cycnium adonense</emphasis>
E. Mey. ex Benth.
</taxonomicName>
, on which the
<typeStatus id="775BF9FDFFC6FFF75A5FFCC4FE5A535D" box="[348,399,829,855]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">type</typeStatus>
series was collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E0FA14D4FFC6FFF75BBEFC87FCD954D1" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFC87FE7F5392" blockId="5.[189,426,894,920]" box="[189,426,894,920]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<heading id="F317F033FFC6FFF75BBEFC87FE7F5392" bold="true" box="[189,426,894,920]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" reason="3">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75BBEFC87FE7F5392" bold="true" box="[189,426,894,920]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Material examined</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BE9FC55FC13543A" blockId="5.[189,1399,940,1072]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<materialsCitation id="18884D02FFC6FFF75BE9FC55FC13543A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3407621402" collectingDate="1988-11-14" collectionCode="SAMC" country="South Africa" location="Schoemanskloof valley" municipality="South Africa Tvl." pageId="5" pageNumber="39" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Mpumalanga Province" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75BE9FC55FE8953CC" bold="true" box="[234,348,940,966]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<typeStatus id="775BF9FDFFC6FFF75BE9FC55FE8953CC" box="[234,348,940,966]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="D0F707CFFFC6FFF75BBEFC29FD8453E0" box="[189,593,976,1002]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount id="BEE68CD6FFC6FFF7596AFC29FD4D53E0" box="[617,664,976,1002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; “
<collectingMunicipality id="483BDD25FFC6FFF759ACFC36FCAB53E3" box="[687,894,975,1001]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">South Africa Tvl.</collectingMunicipality>
[
<collectingRegion id="6A2489BDFFC6FFF7588FFC36FB7553E0" box="[908,1184,975,1002]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
];
<location id="AD3F1184FFC6FFF75FB0FC36FEDD5407" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2049F649FFC6FFFA5964FEBBFCC55291:AD3F1184FFC6FFF75FB0FC36FEDD5407" country="South Africa" municipality="South Africa Tvl." name="Schoemanskloof valley" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" stateProvince="Mpumalanga Province">Schoemanskloof valley</location>
; m 1200 -
<geoCoordinate id="CDD42198FFC6FFF75A91FC0AFD865407" box="[402,595,1009,1038]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">25.19S 30.40E</geoCoordinate>
;
<date id="DC5E619FFFC6FFF75960FC0AFD3D5407" box="[611,744,1011,1037]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" value="1988-11-14">
<collectingDate id="CC1A9877FFC6FFF75960FC0AFD3D5407" box="[611,744,1011,1037]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" value="1988-11-14">14.XI.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
- Colonnelli” / “On;
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF758F2FC0AFB8C5407" box="[1009,1113,1011,1037]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Orobanchaceae" genus="Cycnium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF758F2FC0AFB8C5407" box="[1009,1113,1011,1037]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Cycnium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF75F6FFC0AFED8543A" authority="E. Mey. Ex. Benth." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Orobanchaceae" genus="Cycnium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="adonense">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75F6FFC0AFB0E5407" box="[1132,1243,1011,1037]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">adonense</emphasis>
E. Mey. Ex. Benth.
</taxonomicName>
” / “HOLOTYPE;
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC6FFF75ABEFBEFFD60543A" box="[445,693,1046,1072]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cycnii">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75ABEFBEFFD60543A" box="[445,693,1046,1072]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Afrosmicronyx cycnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Haran 2021”;
<collectionCode id="CEF1DF9AFFC6FFF75868FBEFFC17543A" box="[875,962,1046,1072]" collectionName="South Africa, Cape Town, Iziko Museum of Capetown (formerly South African Museum)" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BE9FBA1FCD954D1" blockId="5.[189,1399,1112,1244]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<materialsCitation id="18884D02FFC6FFF75BE9FBA1FB02549F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3407621310" collectingDate="1988-11-14" collectionCode="SANC" country="South Africa" location="REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA" municipality="South Africa Tvl." pageId="5" pageNumber="39" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Mpumalanga" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75BE9FBA1FEB25478" bold="true" box="[234,359,1112,1138]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<typeStatus id="775BF9FDFFC6FFF75BE9FBA1FEB25478" box="[234,359,1112,1138]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="D0F707CFFFC6FFF75BBEFB82FD8E549F" box="[189,603,1147,1173]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount id="BEE68CD6FFC6FFF75978FB82FD78549F" box="[635,685,1147,1173]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for holotype;
<collectionCode id="CEF1DF9AFFC6FFF75F8AFB82FB02549F" box="[1161,1239,1147,1173]" collectionName="South Africa, Pretoria, South African National Collection of Insects" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34248" name="Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="Museum">SANC</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="18884D02FFC6FFF75FFBFB82FD5654B2" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3407621353" collectingDate="1988-11-14" collectionCode="SAMC" country="South Africa" location="Schoemanskloof valley" municipality="South Africa Tvl." pageId="5" pageNumber="39" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Mpumalanga" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="BEE68CD6FFC6FFF75FFBFB82FAFD549F" box="[1272,1320,1147,1173]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for holotype;
<collectionCode id="CEF1DF9AFFC6FFF75933FB67FD5654B2" box="[560,643,1182,1208]" collectionName="South Africa, Cape Town, Iziko Museum of Capetown (formerly South African Museum)" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="18884D02FFC6FFF7599FFB67FAC054B2" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3407621359" box="[668,1301,1182,1208]" collectingDate="1988-11-14" collectionCode="CBGP" country="South Africa" location="Schoemanskloof valley" municipality="South Africa Tvl." pageId="5" pageNumber="39" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Mpumalanga" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="BEE68CD6FFC6FFF7599FFB67FD1C54B2" box="[668,713,1182,1208]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="BEE68CD6FFC6FFF759D4FB67FCD154B2" box="[727,772,1182,1208]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for holotype;
<collectionCode id="CEF1DF9AFFC6FFF75FCAFB67FAC054B2" box="[1225,1301,1182,1208]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">CBGP</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="18884D02FFC6FFF75E2EFB67FCDD54D1" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3407621317" collectingDate="1988-11-14" collectionCode="MCZ" country="South Africa" location="Schoemanskloof valley" municipality="South Africa Tvl." pageId="5" pageNumber="39" specimenCount="10" specimenCount-female="7" specimenCount-male="3" stateProvince="Mpumalanga" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="BEE68CD6FFC6FFF75E2EFB67FAA454B2" box="[1325,1393,1182,1208]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="male">3 ♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="BEE68CD6FFC6FFF75BBEFB3BFED554D6" box="[189,256,1218,1244]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="female">7 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for holotype;
<collectionCode id="CEF1DF9AFFC6FFF759C6FB38FCDD54D1" box="[709,776,1217,1243]" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E0FA14D4FFC6FFFA5BBEFAFBFE3E5221" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" type="description">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFAFBFE9B5516" blockId="5.[189,334,1282,1308]" box="[189,334,1282,1308]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
<heading id="F317F033FFC6FFF75BBEFAFBFE9B5516" bold="true" box="[189,334,1282,1308]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" reason="3">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC6FFF75BBEFAFBFE9B5516" bold="true" box="[189,334,1282,1308]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">Description</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFACBFE2F5546" blockId="5.[189,506,1329,1356]" box="[189,506,1329,1356]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">
BODY LENGTH.
<quantity id="6F18EABAFFC6FFF75A66FAC8FE205546" box="[357,501,1329,1356]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3" metricValueMax="3.7" metricValueMin="2.9" pageId="5" pageNumber="39" unit="mm" value="3.3" valueMax="3.7" valueMin="2.9">2.93.7 mm</quantity>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFA8AFD6855BA" blockId="5.[189,1399,1394,1456]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">COLOUR. Body integument black; vestiture consisting of short rounded recumbent scales, longer than wide, black, not concealing the integument.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEFA21FF2C56AB" blockId="5.[188,1400,1495,1697]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">HEAD. Rostrum longer than head + prothorax in lateral view, moderately downcurved, thicker than protibia in middle in dorsal view, densely punctuate and striate, punctures and striae smoother near apex, basal ¼ of upper side bearing small suberect black setae, upper side of scrobes forming a carina with a small tooth basally near eyes; transverse furrow at base of rostrum shiny, bare of scales; head capsule short, bare of scales; antennae with segment 1 as long as 2 + 3, 46 isodiametric, segment 7 wider than long.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEF930FCDE570C" blockId="5.[189,1399,1735,1798]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">PROTHORAX. Isodiametric (ratio w/l: 1), widest at basal ⅓, greatly narrowed at apex, densely and coarsely punctuate, median line smooth and slightly raised.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC6FFF75BBEF8D7FD1B57BB" blockId="5.[189,1398,1837,1969]" pageId="5" pageNumber="39">ELYTRA. Sides subparallel in basal ¾, slightly expanding toward middle of length, widest after middle (ratio w/l: 0.65), humeri raised; declivital callosities on interval 5 present but weak, followed by a depression, striae narrow, ¼ width of interstriae; interstriae flat, shiny, bearing 23 ill-defined series of scales; scutellum small, shiny, bare of scales.</paragraph>
<caption id="FC9F17D7FFC5FFF45BBEF94DFB3957CC" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707951" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5707951" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5707951/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" startId="6.[189,232,1716,1742]" targetBox="[249,1337,275,1643]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC5FFF45BBEF94DFB3957CC" blockId="6.[189,1399,1716,1990]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45BBEF94DFEDF56C5" bold="true" box="[189,266,1716,1743]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Fig. 1.</emphasis>
Habitus of species of
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF4590CF94CFD6956C5" authorityName="Seidlitz" authorityYear="1891" box="[527,700,1717,1743]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Smicronychini">Smicronychini</taxonomicName>
from southern Africa (Part 1).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45F25F94DFBEE56C4" bold="true" box="[1062,1083,1716,1742]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">A</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45F49F94CFADB56C5" box="[1098,1294,1717,1743]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Sharpia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madibai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45F49F94CFADB56C5" box="[1098,1294,1717,1743]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Sharpia madibai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF45E16F94CFAA756C5" box="[1301,1394,1717,1743]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SAMC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45ADAF921FE3856F8" bold="true" box="[473,493,1752,1778]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">B</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45901F921FCD456F8" box="[514,769,1752,1778]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cycnii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45901F921FCD456F8" box="[514,769,1752,1778]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Afrosmicronyx cycnii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF4580CF921FCA656F8" box="[783,883,1752,1778]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SAMC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45FA2F921FB6356F8" bold="true" box="[1185,1206,1752,1778]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">C</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45FCFF921FF2B571F" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="louwi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45FCFF921FF2B571F" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Afrosmicronyx louwi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF45A08F905FEBA571C" box="[267,367,1788,1814]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SAMC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45999F902FD7A571F" bold="true" box="[666,687,1787,1813]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">D</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF459C7F902FC39571F" box="[708,1004,1787,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marshalli" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF459C7F902FC39571F" box="[708,1004,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Afrosmicronyx marshalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF458F9F905FB88571C" box="[1018,1117,1788,1814]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SANC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45BBEF8E7FF045732" bold="true" box="[189,209,1822,1848]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">E</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45BE2F8E7FD915732" box="[225,580,1822,1848]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrosmicronyx" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nebulosipennis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45BE2F8E7FD915732" box="[225,580,1822,1848]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF4594EF8E6FD7E5733" box="[589,683,1823,1849]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (BMNH).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF458C9F8E7FC095732" bold="true" box="[970,988,1822,1848]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">F</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF458EFF8E6FB315732" box="[1004,1252,1822,1849]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilipes" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF458EFF8E6FB315732" box="[1004,1252,1822,1849]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Smicronyx gracilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF45FEEF8E6FA995733" box="[1261,1356,1823,1849]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♀, holotype (SAMC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45AA5F8B8FE685751" bold="true" box="[422,445,1857,1883]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">G</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45ACCF8BBFD745751" box="[463,673,1857,1884]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45ACCF8BBFD745751" box="[463,673,1857,1884]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Smicronyx similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF459A8F8BBFCDE5756" box="[683,779,1858,1884]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SANC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45F25F8BBFBE85756" bold="true" box="[1062,1085,1858,1884]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">H</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45F4DF8BBFAA25751" box="[1102,1399,1857,1884]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudocoecus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45F4DF8BBFAA25751" box="[1102,1399,1857,1884]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Smicronyx pseudocoecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF45BBEF89CFECF5775" box="[189,282,1893,1919]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SAMC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF4592FF89CFDE25775" bold="true" box="[556,567,1893,1919]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">I</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45945F89CFCBD5775" box="[582,872,1893,1919]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paucisquamis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45945F89CFCBD5775" box="[582,872,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Smicronyx paucisquamis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF45873F89CFC195775" box="[880,972,1893,1919]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SAMC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45FDCF89CFB3B5775" bold="true" box="[1247,1262,1893,1919]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">J</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45FFFF89CFE0B57A9" authority="(Gyllenhal, 1836)" baseAuthorityName="Gyllenhal" baseAuthorityYear="1836" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fallax">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45FFFF89CFED557A8" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Smicronyx fallax</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CC713AAEFFC5FFF45A12F871FE0057A9" author="Gyllenhal L." box="[273,469,1928,1955]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" pagination="507 - 858" refId="ref20423" refString="Gyllenhal L. 1836 [new taxa]. In: Schoenherr C. J. (ed.) Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species nov. aut hactenus minus congnitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Tomus tertius. - Pars secunda: 507 - 858. Roret, Fleischer, Parisiis / Lipsiae." type="book chapter" year="1836">Gyllenhal, 1836</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, neotype (NHRS).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF459E8F871FCD757A8" bold="true" box="[747,770,1928,1954]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">K</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45811F871FC2857A8" box="[786,1021,1928,1954]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45811F871FC2857A8" box="[786,1021,1928,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Smicronyx australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC5FFF45F05F871FBB157A8" box="[1030,1124,1928,1954]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SAMC).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45BBEF852FF0457CF" bold="true" box="[189,209,1963,1989]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">L</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC5FFF45BDCF852FD6F57CF" authority="Wollaston, 1864" authorityName="Wollaston" authorityYear="1864" box="[223,698,1963,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pauperculus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC5FFF45BDCF852FE2457CF" box="[223,497,1963,1989]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="40">Smicronyx pauperculus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CC713AAEFFC5FFF45AFAF852FD6F57CF" author="Wollaston T. V." box="[505,698,1963,1989]" pageId="6" pageNumber="40" refId="ref21242" refString="Wollaston T. V. 1864. Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries in the Collection of the British Museum. xii. J. van Voorst, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9850" type="book" year="1864">Wollaston, 1864</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, specimen from Tanzania. Scale bars: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC4FFF55BBEFEF0FDFF514C" blockId="7.[189,1398,265,326]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">ABDOMEN. Underside covered with greyish scattered scales, 3 × as long as wide, with a metallic-copper shine; ventrite 1 shorter than 2.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC4FFF55BBEFE97FE6A51C4" blockId="7.[189,1399,366,462]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">LEGS. Femora clavate, armed with one ventral tooth; tibiae straight, bearing a moderate thickening ventrally, sometimes almost forming a tooth on protibiae, facing femoral tooth when legs are folded; claws equal in length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC4FFF55BBEFE0FFBEE5239" blockId="7.[187,1398,501,563]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">
GENITALIA. Body of penis short (ratio w/l: 0.42), as long as apodemes, sides straight, regularly converging from base to apex, apex rounded, curvature in lateral view regular (
<figureCitation id="30DB5BDAFFC4FFF558D2FDE0FBF85239" box="[977,1069,536,563]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="16.[189,232,1611,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-13@17.[189,1398,335,1996]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Fig. 5 (opposite page). Penis of Smicronyx from southern Africa, in dorsal (left) and lateral (right) view. A. Sharpia madibai sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). B. Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). C. Afrosmicronyx louwi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). D. Afrosmicronyx marshalli sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). E. Afrosmicronyx nebulosipennis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (BMNH). F. Smicronyx similis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SANC). G. Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). H. Smicronyx paucisquamis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). I. Smicronyx fallax (Gyllenhal, 1836), ♂, neotype (NHRS). J. Smicronyx australis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC). K. Smicronyx pauperculus Wollaston, 1864, ♂, specimen from Tanzania. L. Smicronyx san sp. nov., ♂, holotype (SAMC), bred from Chironia baccifera L. M. Smicronyx drakensbergensis sp. nov., ♂, holotype (TMSA). N. Smicronyx zonatus Haran, 2018, ♂, paratype (CBGP), specimen from the Western Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. O. Smicronyx lutulentus Dietz, 1894, ♂ (CBGP). P. Smicronyx namibicus Haran, 2018, ♂, holotype (MNHN), specimen from Tanzania. Scale bars: 100 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708001" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5708001/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="FC9F17D7FFC4FFF55BBEF94DFD9D57CC" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707953" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5707953" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5707953/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" startId="7.[189,232,1716,1742]" targetBox="[230,1381,734,1615]" targetPageId="7">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFC4FFF55BBEF94DFD9D57CC" blockId="7.[187,1399,1716,1990]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55BBEF94DFEDF56C5" bold="true" box="[189,266,1716,1743]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Fig. 2.</emphasis>
Habitus of species of
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55908F94CFD6D56C5" authorityName="Seidlitz" authorityYear="1891" box="[523,696,1717,1743]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Smicronychini">Smicronychini</taxonomicName>
from southern Africa (Part 2).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55F1DF94DFBE656C4" bold="true" box="[1054,1075,1716,1742]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">A</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55F41F94CFB3956C5" box="[1090,1260,1717,1743]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="san" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55F41F94CFB3956C5" box="[1090,1260,1717,1743]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Smicronyx san</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC4FFF55FF1F94CFA9B56C5" box="[1266,1358,1717,1743]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (SAMC), bred from
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55923F921FCD556F8" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" box="[544,768,1752,1778]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Chironia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gentianales" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baccifera">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55923F921FCD556F8" box="[544,768,1752,1778]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Chironia baccifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF5582AF921FCE856F8" bold="true" box="[809,829,1752,1778]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">B</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF5584FF921FC4656F8" box="[844,915,1752,1778]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="san" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF5584FF921FC4656F8" box="[844,915,1752,1778]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">S. san</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC4FFF55898F921FC2C56F8" box="[923,1017,1752,1778]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, paratype (CBGP), specimen bred from
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55A35F902FDC8571F" box="[310,541,1787,1813]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Orphium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="frutescens">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55A35F902FDC8571F" box="[310,541,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Orphium frutescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (E. Mey).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF559B9F902FD1A571F" bold="true" box="[698,719,1787,1813]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">C</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF559DDF902FCF6571F" box="[734,803,1787,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="san" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF559DDF902FCF6571F" box="[734,803,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">S. san</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC4FFF55829F905FC53571C" box="[810,902,1788,1814]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, paratype (CBGP), specimen bred from
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55BBEF8E7FE615733" authority="Sol. ex R. Br." authorityName="R. Br." box="[189,436,1822,1849]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gentianaceae" genus="Sebaea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55BBEF8E7FEC75732" box="[189,274,1822,1848]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Sebaea</emphasis>
Sol. ex R.Br.
</taxonomicName>
sp.
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55AE5F8E7FE2E5732" bold="true" box="[486,507,1822,1848]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">D</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55908F8E6FC8F5732" box="[523,858,1822,1849]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="drakensbergensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55908F8E6FC8F5732" box="[523,858,1822,1849]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Smicronyx drakensbergensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="81A72636FFC4FFF55860F8E6FC145733" box="[867,961,1823,1849]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, ♂, holotype (TMSA).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55FDBF8E7FB395732" bold="true" box="[1240,1260,1822,1848]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">E</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55FFFF8E6FE7A5756" authority="Haran, 2018" authorityName="Haran" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zonatus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55FFFF8E6FEC25751" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Smicronyx zonatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CC713AAEFFC4FFF55A1FF8BBFE7A5756" author="Haran J." box="[284,431,1858,1884]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" pagination="267 - 287" refId="ref20498" refString="Haran J. 2018. A review of the genus Smicronyx Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae) in tropical Africa. Zootaxa 4508 (2): 267 - 287. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4508.2.9" type="journal article" year="2018">Haran, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, paratype (CBGP), specimen from the Western Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa.
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55A5FF89CFEBB5775" bold="true" box="[348,366,1893,1919]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">F</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF55A7DF89CFCD65775" authority="Dietz, 1894" authorityName="Dietz" authorityYear="1894" box="[382,771,1893,1919]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lutulentus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF55A7DF89CFDA65775" box="[382,627,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Smicronyx lutulentus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CC713AAEFFC4FFF5597AF89CFCD65775" author="Dietz W. G." box="[633,771,1893,1919]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" pagination="113 - 178" refId="ref20308" refString="Dietz W. G. 1894. Revision of the genera and species of Desmori of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 21: 113 - 178." type="journal article" year="1894">Dietz, 1894</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂ (CBGP).
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF5589AF89DFC655774" bold="true" box="[921,944,1892,1918]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">G</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF558BEF89CFF2D57A9" authority="Wollaston, 1854" authorityName="Wollaston" authorityYear="1854" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albosquamosus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF558BEF89CFB265775" box="[957,1267,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Smicronyx albosquamosus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CC713AAEFFC4FFF55FFAF89CFF2D57A9" author="Wollaston T. V." pageId="7" pageNumber="41" refId="ref21195" refString="Wollaston T. V. 1854. Insecta Maderensia, Being an Account of the Insects Inhabiting the Islands of the Madeiran Group. xliii. J. van Voorst, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9060" type="book" year="1854">Wollaston, 1854</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂ (CBGP), specimen from Israel.
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF5599CF871FD6357A8" bold="true" box="[671,694,1928,1954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">H</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFC4FFF559C5F871FBB557A8" authority="Haran, 2018" authorityName="Haran" authorityYear="2018" box="[710,1120,1928,1954]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Smicronyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="namibicus">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFC4FFF559C5F871FC1757A8" box="[710,962,1928,1954]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="41">Smicronyx namibicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CC713AAEFFC4FFF558C9F871FBB557A8" author="Haran J." box="[970,1120,1928,1954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" pagination="267 - 287" refId="ref20498" refString="Haran J. 2018. A review of the genus Smicronyx Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae) in tropical Africa. Zootaxa 4508 (2): 267 - 287. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4508.2.9" type="journal article" year="2018">Haran, 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂ (MNHN), specimen from Tanzania. Scale bars: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEFEF1FE655128" blockId="8.[189,432,264,290]" box="[189,432,264,290]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">
<heading id="F317F033FFCBFFFA5BBEFEF1FE655128" bold="true" box="[189,432,264,290]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="42" reason="3">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5BBEFEF1FE655128" bold="true" box="[189,432,264,290]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Sexual dimorphism</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEFECEFEBE517E" blockId="8.[189,1399,311,372]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Females are distinguished from males by their rostrum, which is slightly longer, and more downcurved in lateral view.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEFE62FE9A51BF" blockId="8.[189,335,411,437]" box="[189,335,411,437]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">
<heading id="F317F033FFCBFFFA5BBEFE62FE9A51BF" bold="true" box="[189,335,411,437]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="42" reason="3">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5BBEFE62FE9A51BF" bold="true" box="[189,335,411,437]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Life history</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEFE33FE3E5221" blockId="8.[189,1399,458,555]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">
All the specimens of this species were collected on
<taxonomicName id="6FE03CDCFFCBFFFA584AFE32FE535202" authority="E. Mey. Ex. Benth., 1835" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Orobanchaceae" genus="Cycnium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="8" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="adonense">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA584AFE32FBF951EE" box="[841,1068,458,485]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Cycnium adonense</emphasis>
E. Mey. Ex. Benth., 1835 (Orobanchaceae)
</taxonomicName>
a hemiparasitic plant parasite of grass. Adults were collected in November in the
<collectingCountry id="D0F707CFFFCBFFFA5BBEFDE8FE325221" box="[189,487,529,555]" name="South Africa" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E0FA14D4FFCBFFFA5BBEFDABFCC55291" box="[189,784,594,667]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEFDABFE835266" blockId="8.[189,342,594,620]" box="[189,342,594,620]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">
<heading id="F317F033FFCBFFFA5BBEFDABFE835266" bold="true" box="[189,342,594,620]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="42" reason="3">
<emphasis id="9A949B4DFFCBFFFA5BBEFDABFE835266" bold="true" box="[189,342,594,620]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A85F475FFFCBFFFA5BBEFD79FCC55291" blockId="8.[189,784,640,667]" box="[189,784,640,667]" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">
<collectingCountry id="D0F707CFFFCBFFFA5BBEFD79FE365290" box="[189,483,640,666]" name="South Africa" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="6A2489BDFFCBFFFA5AF1FD79FCD15291" box="[498,772,640,667]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="8" pageNumber="42">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>