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(
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,
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Boheman
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in Schoenherr, 1843: 112; Lacordaire, 1863: 193; Seidlitz, 1868: 98 (as synonym of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8E643718C1D72D4A61FEFF" box="[199,316,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">spathulatus</emphasis>
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); Lona, 1937: 33 (as synonym of
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).
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Body length
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Colour pale to dark brownish, elytra with pale and dark chevron pattern indistinct except for strong dark V in middle (
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); pronotum darker with faint paramedian pale patches near base; head with pale, indistinct median stripe and irregular pale and dark spots on epifrons; femora and tibiae with pale appressed scales.
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Rostrum (
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) 1.271.38 x broader than long, parallel-sided from base to apex. Epifrons with almost straight, parallel sides and narrow median groove. Antennae (
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) robust; scapes gradually dilated towards apex, anterior and posterior edges evenly curved; funicles 7-segmented, segments 1 and 2 conical, 37 transverse, segment 1 very robust, 1.3 x longer than broad, 1.51.7 x broader than 2, segment 2 1.21.3 x longer than broad, 3 7 progressively broader, 3 about as broad as 2, 7 more than twice broader than long.
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Pronotum in dorsal view 1.771.84 x broader than long, broadest at anterior third, abruptly constricted behind anterior margin, sides feebly arcuate, base feebly arched, disc evenly convex, in some specimens with hardly visible, shallow, longitudinal median furrow; in lateral view in anterior third flat, in posterior two thirds weakly convex, anterior border very sligthly sinuate. Elytra 1.091.14 x broader than long, base deeply, somewhat angularly arched, shoulders almost evenly rounded, sides gently rounded, at apex jointly broadly rounded; posthumeral calli on interstria
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dorsal view almost invisible; striae very narrow, finely punctate, interstriae faintly convex; disk in lateral view feebly convex. Protibiae (
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) as in
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but outer apical spines (4 and 5 from inside) usually separate at their bases. Tarsi with segment 2 1.5 x broader than long, 3 1.6 x broader than long and 1.3 x broader than 2, onychium twice as long as 3.
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Genitalia. Penis as in
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. Ovipositor and sternite VIII of female as in
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. Spermatheca (
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) with cornu slender and curved, ramus small, distinctly broader than long, nodulus very long, longer than cornu, straight, somewhat tapering apicad.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8E643718C1D25B4AE8FBB8" bold="true" box="[199,437,1111,1136]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">Material examined.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E643719C7D255495BFBB9" box="[449,518,1113,1137]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">Types</typeStatus>
.
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E64371A11D25449DAFBB8" box="[535,647,1112,1136]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
(here designated):
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E64371B68D25448EFFBB8" box="[878,946,1112,1136]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">Typus</typeStatus>
[red label, printed] / Cap. B. Sp. Drège. [handwritten] /
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E6437194ED2704AA6FB5C" box="[328,507,1148,1172]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="lectotype">LECTOTYPUS</typeStatus>
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8E64371A05D2704FF6FB5D" authority="Boheman, Borovec &amp; Oberprieler" authorityName="Boheman, Borovec &amp; Oberprieler" box="[515,1195,1148,1173]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Trachyphloeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squamifer">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8E64371A05D270487DFB5C" box="[515,800,1148,1173]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">Trachyphloeus squamifer</emphasis>
Boheman, Borovec &amp; Oberprieler
</taxonomicName>
des. 2013 [red label, handwritten] /
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8E6437194CD29349BDFB70" authority="Boheman" authorityName="Boheman" box="[330,736,1183,1208]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrophloeus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squamifer">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8E6437194CD293490CFB70" box="[330,593,1183,1208]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">Afrophloeus squamifer</emphasis>
(Boheman)
</taxonomicName>
, Borovec &amp; Oberprieler det. 2013 [handwritten] (NHRS).
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E64371891D2C84A62FB15" box="[151,319,1220,1245]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="paralectotype">Paralectotypes</typeStatus>
: 1 ex., same labels as
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E64371A32D2C849C6FB15" box="[564,667,1220,1245]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
except
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E64371AF7D2C9483EFB15" box="[753,867,1221,1245]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="paratype">Paratypus</typeStatus>
; 2 exx.,
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E64371BC6D2C94F73FB15" box="[960,1070,1221,1245]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="paratype">Paratypus</typeStatus>
[red label, printed] / Cap. B. Sp. [printed] / Drège [printed]; 3 exx.,
<typeStatus id="54F58832FF8E64371A20D2E449C9FAC8" box="[550,660,1256,1280]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="paratype">Paratypus</typeStatus>
[red label, printed] / Terra Caffror. Eckl. et Zeyh. [handwritten] (all NHRS). Other specimens.
<collectingCountry id="F3597600FF8E643719D4D30049DFFAEC" box="[466,642,1292,1316]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE: 1 ♀, 8 exx., Hondeklipbaai,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371D42D3004EC1FAEC" box="[1348,1436,1292,1316]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-30.316668">30 19S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371891D33C4BAFFA80" box="[151,242,1327,1352]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="17.266666">17 16E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E643718F9D3234A24FA80" box="[255,377,1327,1352]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1974-09-22">22.ix.1974</date>
, E. K. Hartwig [lgt.] (SANC).
<collectingCountry id="F3597600FF8E64371ADFD33C48D8FA80" box="[729,901,1328,1352]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE: 1 ex., Cap, Kirsch (SMDG); 1 ex., Cap. B. Sp. [Caput Bonae Spei] (SMDG); 1 ex., C. b. Sp. (KUMN); 8 exx., Gamkaberg Nat. Res.,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371891D3744BB3FA58" box="[151,238,1400,1424]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.733334">33 44S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E643718FDD3744A0AFA58" box="[251,343,1399,1424]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="21.95">21 57E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E6437196ED3744A90FA58" box="[360,461,1400,1424]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1994-01-02">2.1.1994</date>
, E-Y: 3238, groundtraps 30 days, leg. Tom Berry (TMSA); 2 exx., Little Karroo, Gamkaberg,
<quantity id="4CB69B75FF8E64371921D3904A25FA7C" box="[295,376,1436,1460]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000m</quantity>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371985D3904A86FA7C" box="[387,475,1436,1460]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.733334">33 44S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E643719E5D3904963FA7D" box="[483,574,1436,1461]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="21.95">21 57E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371A4CD39049E0FA7D" box="[586,701,1436,1461]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1994-05-15">15.5.1994</date>
, E-Y: 3074, groundtraps 30 days, leg. Tom Berry (TMSA); 1 ex.,
<quantity id="4CB69B75FF8E64371891D3CC4B89FA10" box="[151,212,1471,1496]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" unit="km" value="7.0">7 km</quantity>
WSW Kirkwood,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E643719B7D3CC4954FA10" box="[433,521,1472,1496]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.4">33 24S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371A12D3B3492DFA10" box="[532,624,1471,1496]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="25.366667">25 22E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371A79D3CC49AAFA10" box="[639,759,1472,1496]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1994-10-20">20.X.1994</date>
, loc. 27, leg. R. Danielsson (MZLS); 7 exx., Mossel Bay [
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<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371904D3E84A39FA34" box="[258,356,1508,1532]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="22.133333">22°08E</geoCoordinate>
],
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371970D3E94AB7FA34" box="[374,490,1508,1532]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1921-06">June 1921</date>
, R. E. Turner [lgt.] (BMNH); 1 ex., ditto except
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371C01D3E84FF7FA35" box="[1031,1194,1508,1533]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1921-07-05" valueMax="1921-07-31" valueMin="1921-07-05">5.31.vii.1921</date>
(BMNH); 1 ex., ditto except Aug. [August] 1921 (BMNH); 2 exx., ditto except Febr. [February] 1922 (BMNH); 1 ex., ditto except
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371D6DD00B4A4DF98D" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1922-03-15" valueMax="1922-03-28" valueMin="1922-03-15">15. 28.iii.1922</date>
(BMNH); 1 ex., ditto except
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371A89D020485AF98D" box="[655,775,1580,1605]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1938-11-30">30.xi.1938</date>
(BMNH); 2 exx., Montagu, 33 4708” S 20 0679”E,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371891D05C4A44F9A0" box="[151,281,1616,1640]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="2007-11-18">
18.XI.
<quantity id="4CB69B75FF8E643718DCD05C4A44F9A0" box="[218,281,1616,1640]" metricMagnitude="6" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0073" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" unit="m" value="2007300.0">2007</quantity>
</date>
, 300 m, E. Colonnelli lgt. (ECRI); 3 exx., Montagu (vaglio) [sifting], 33 4785”S 20 0079”E,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371891D0784A44F944" box="[151,281,1652,1676]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="2007-11-18">18.XI.2007</date>
, G. Osella lgt. (GOVI); 1 ex., Little Karroo, Raubenheimer,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371BCCD0784F7FF944" box="[970,1058,1652,1676]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.4">33 24S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371C2CD0784FD8F944" box="[1066,1157,1652,1676]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="22.316668">22 19E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371C94D0784E49F944" box="[1170,1300,1652,1676]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1993-10-22">22.10.1993</date>
, E-Y: 2892, groundtraps 15 days, groundtrap with banana bait, leg. Endrödy-Younga (TMSA).
<collectingCountry id="F3597600FF8E64371C30D0944FBCF978" box="[1078,1249,1688,1712]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE: 1 ex., Algoa Bay [
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E643719E5D0B0491FF91D" box="[483,578,1724,1749]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.833332">33°50S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371A4FD0B049F6F91D" box="[585,683,1724,1749]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="25.833334">25°50E</geoCoordinate>
], 1.7.[19]17, Dr. H. Brauns [lgt.] (BMNH); 1 ex., ditto but without date (BMNH); 1 ex., Grahamstown,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371A40D0EC49C3F930" box="[582,670,1760,1784]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.316666">33 19S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371AAFD0D34859F930" box="[681,772,1759,1784]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="26.533333">26 32E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371B12D0D34838F930" box="[788,869,1759,1784]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1979-02">ii.1979</date>
, from
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8E64371BB1D0D34A4AF8D5" authority="V. Moran, T. R. E. Southwood" authorityName="V. Moran, T. R. E. Southwood" class="Trematoda" family="Hemiuridae" genus="Robinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="pseudoacacia">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8E64371BB1D0D34FE8F930" box="[951,1205,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">Robinia pseudoacacia</emphasis>
, V. Moran, T. R. E. Southwood
</taxonomicName>
[lgt.] (SANC); 8 exx., Paterson Dist.,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371AD6D1084871F8D5" box="[720,812,1796,1821]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.433334">33°26S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371B32D10848C9F8D5" box="[820,916,1796,1821]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="25.966667">25°58E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371BA7D10848AAF8D5" box="[929,1015,1796,1821]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1985-04">iv.1985</date>
, adults damaging germinatig chicory by destroying seedling leaves under the soil surface, C. J. Stedman [lgt.] (SANC);
<specimenCount id="9D48FD19FF8E64371C48D1244F20F8F7" box="[1102,1149,1832,1856]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" type="generic">1 ♂</specimenCount>
, Somerset East [
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<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371891D1404BA5F8AD" box="[151,248,1868,1893]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="25.583334">25°35E</geoCoordinate>
],
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371908D1404AF0F8AC" box="[270,429,1868,1893]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1930-10">October 1930</date>
, R. E. Turner [lgt.] (BMNH); 5 exx., Uitenhage [
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371BE2D1404F1FF8AD" box="[996,1090,1868,1893]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.766666">33°46S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371C4DD1404FF0F8AD" box="[1099,1197,1868,1893]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="25.4">25°24E</geoCoordinate>
], Rv. J. ONeil [lgt.] (BMNH); 1 ex., Willowmore [
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371A0FD17C493AF840" box="[521,615,1904,1928]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-33.283333">33°17S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371A70D17C4985F840" box="[630,728,1904,1928]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="23.483334">23°29E</geoCoordinate>
], Dr. Brauns [lgt.] (BMNH).
<collectingCountry id="F3597600FF8E64371C45D17C4FABF840" box="[1091,1270,1904,1928]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="375">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
, FREE STATE PROVINCE: 1 ex., Adullam Farm near Clarens,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371AA4D19849A6F864" box="[674,763,1940,1964]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-28.533333">28 32S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371B04D1984800F864" box="[770,861,1940,1964]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="28.466667">28 28E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371B6CD1984F55F865" box="[874,1032,1940,1965]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1980-02-20" valueMax="1980-02-26" valueMin="1980-02-20">2026.ii.1980</date>
, W. A. Harrop [lgt.] (SANC); 1 ex., Le Long Farm,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371955D1B44AF1F818" box="[339,428,1976,2000]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-28.033333">28 02S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E643719B0D1B4494FF818" box="[438,530,1976,2000]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="28.116667">28 07E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371A24D1B449C6F819" box="[546,667,1976,2001]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1999-04-07">07.iv.1999</date>
, hand-collected in grassveld, Jacques Deere [lgt.] (SANC); 1 ex., Randburg, [
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E6437191FD1D04A2EF83D" box="[281,371,2012,2037]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-26.1">26 06S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E6437197CD1D04A85F83C" box="[378,472,2012,2036]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="28.0">28 00E</geoCoordinate>
],
<date id="FFF01050FF8E643719EDD1D0492DF83C" box="[491,624,2012,2036]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1987-04-19">19-IV-1987</date>
, leg. L. Y. de Jager (SANC); 16 exx., Reitz,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371C59D1D04FEAF83C" box="[1119,1207,2012,2036]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="-27.8">27 48S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8E64371CBBD1D04E44F83D" box="[1213,1305,2012,2037]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" precision="925" value="28.433332">28 26E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8E64371D23D1D04ECAF83D" box="[1317,1431,2012,2037]" pageId="10" pageNumber="375" value="1975-10-21">21.x.1975</date>
, serious pest of sunflower seedlings, T. W. Drinkwater (SANC).
<collectingCountry id="F3597600FF8F64361B71D6944F78FF78" box="[887,1061,152,176]" name="South Africa" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
, NORTH-WEST PROVINCE: 1 ex., Hartebeesfontein nr. Klerksdorp,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8F64361A3AD6B049C9FF1C" box="[572,660,188,213]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" precision="925" value="-26.783333">26 47S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8F64361AACD6B0485BFF1C" box="[682,774,188,213]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" precision="925" value="26.733334">26 44E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8F64361B27D6B048FEFF1D" box="[801,931,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" value="1985-12-17">17.xii.1985</date>
, F. van Eeden [lgt.] (SANC); 1 ex., Hartebeespoortdam,
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8F64361986D6D34A8AFF30" box="[384,471,223,248]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" precision="925" value="-25.733334">25 44S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8F643619D8D6EC4967FF30" box="[478,570,223,248]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" precision="925" value="27.85">27 51E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFF01050FF8F64361A43D6EC49EAFF30" box="[581,695,224,248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" value="1977-10-10">10.x.1977</date>
, P. Reavell [lgt.] (SANC).
<collectingCountry id="F3597600FF8F64361BE7D6EC4FD6FF30" box="[993,1163,224,248]" name="South Africa" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
, GAUTENG PROVINCE: 5 exx., Eikenhof [
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8F64361953D7084AEEFED5" box="[341,435,260,285]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" precision="925" value="-26.316668">26°19S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE7A5057FF8F643619C6D708497FFED5" box="[448,546,260,285]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" precision="925" value="27.966667">27°58E</geoCoordinate>
],
<date id="FFF01050FF8F64361A3DD70849E2FED5" box="[571,703,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" value="1954-11-19">19-11-1954</date>
, destroying cucumber plants, M. Botha [lgt.] (SANC); 1 ex., Pretoria [
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], J. B. R. F.,
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(SANC); 6 exx., Pretoria,
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,
<date id="FFF01050FF8F64361CFDD7244E0CFE88" box="[1275,1361,296,320]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" value="1974-10">X.1974</date>
, E. K. Hartwig [lgt.] (SANC); 7 exx., Pretoria,
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,
<date id="FFF01050FF8F64361B4DD74048EDFEAD" box="[843,944,332,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" value="1986-10-08">8.x.1986</date>
, adults damaging green pepper plants, R. Oberprieler [lgt.] (SANC).
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, MPUMALANGA PROVINCE: 7 exx., Delmas,
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,
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, R. H. Watmough (SANC).
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, LIMPOPO PROVINCE: 1 ex., Rust de Winter, SE 25 88 BA [
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],
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, leg. L. Y. de Jager (SANC).
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, UNCERTAIN: 2 exx., S. Africa (BMNH); 1 ex., 2043 (BMNH); 2 exx., Africa m. [south], Kraatz (SMDG).
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: 4 exx., Mamathes [
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],
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, C. Jacot-Guillarmod [lgt.] (BMNH).
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, SOUTH
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: 6 exx., Agery [
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],
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, S. Richmond, damaging canola seedlings (ANIC, SAMA); 6 exx., SE of Corny Point [
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],
<date id="FFF01050FF8F64361918D4444AD3FDA8" box="[286,398,584,608]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" value="2011-05-14">14.v.2011</date>
, H. DeGraaf, ex medic pasture (ANIC, SAMA); 5 exx., ditto except
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(ANIC, SAMA); 1 ex., Kimba [
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],
<date id="FFF01050FF8F64361AA5D4604878FD4D" box="[675,805,620,645]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" value="2009-07-17">17.vii.2009</date>
, H. Whitwell, ex wheat, associated with
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361D08D4604B87FD60" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">Polyphrades laetus</emphasis>
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(ANIC); 1 ex., Maitland [
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],
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, I. Koch (Private Agro), damaging canola seedlings (ANIC); 9 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, Marion Bay [
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],
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, K. Perry, damaging vetch in barley (ANIC, RBSC, SAMA, SANC), 15 exx.,
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N Marion Bay [
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],
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, K. Henry, feeding on volunteer vetch in barley crop (ANIC, SAMA); 4 exx., ditto except
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(ANIC); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Pivots premises, Wallaroo [
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],
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, ex recently imported rock phosphate, CA 920104 (ANIC).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C354651BFF8F643618C1D548486DFC6D" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" type="biology_ecology">
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F643618C1D5484A7AFC95" bold="true" box="[199,295,836,861]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">Biology.</emphasis>
The adults have been recorded as a pest of seedlings of chicory, green-pepper, cucumber and sunflower in
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and of canola, medic and vetch in
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. Both males and females occur in
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, so reproduction is also bisexual in this area of introduction.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C354651BFF8F643618C1D5A34A33FBB5" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F643618C1D5A34A3DFC00" bold="true" box="[199,352,943,968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">Distribution.</emphasis>
This is the commonest and most widespread species of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361BD1D5A34F02FC00" box="[983,1119,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">Afrophloeus</emphasis>
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. It is appears to be native in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of
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and introduced on the Highveld of the Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North-West and Limpopo provinces and
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(
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), from where it was first recorded in the 1950s and where it seems widely established now. In
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it was apparently introduced in 1992 with rock phosphate imported from
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, and it is now established on the Yorke Peninsula in South
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C354651BFF8F643618C1D28B4A66F8E0" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF13690FF8F643618C1D28B4A66F8E0" blockId="11.[151,1436,151,1832]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F643618C1D28B4A66FB68" bold="true" box="[199,315,1159,1184]" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">Remarks.</emphasis>
The
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specimen in the NHRS is
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long and well preserved, standing under the name “
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F643618A5D2A04A4EFB0C" box="[163,275,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">squamifer</emphasis>
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” in Schoenherrs collection. The localities and collectors of the
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series are stated as “Caput Bonae Spei. Dom. Drège. Caffraria. Dom. Ecklon et Zeyer.” in Bohemans description (Schoenherr 1843). Like the
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of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361923D2F84A9BFAC5" box="[293,454,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">A. spathulatus</emphasis>
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, the four
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of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361A9FD2F84877FAC4" box="[665,810,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">A. squamifer</emphasis>
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collected by Drège were probably taken somewhere in the southern or eastern Cape Colony, whereas the three
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collected by the botanists Christian Frederick Ecklon and Carl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher must have been collected in the eastern Cape Colony, probably at Algoa Bay (the present-day Port Elizabeth), which they visited a number of times during their exploration of the eastern Cape Colony between
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(Gunn &amp; Codd 1981). Boheman mentioned a uniformly dark “var. β“ in his description but did not label any specimens of the
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series as such, and although some
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have an indistinct pronotal and elytral colour pattern, there is no distinct dark colour morph either in the
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series or among the other specimens of the species we have examined. Seidlitz (1868) synonymised
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361C5FD3FC4F94F9C0" box="[1113,1225,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">squamifer</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361D12D3E34EC8F9C0" box="[1300,1429,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">spathulatus</emphasis>
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, surmising the former name to denote the female and the latter the male of a single species. He did notice that his four specimens of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361969D0344A82F998" box="[367,479,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">squamifer</emphasis>
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had seven funicle segments and the single specimen of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361C68D03B4FB2F998" box="[1134,1263,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">spathulatus</emphasis>
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only five, but, given the sexual dimorphism in antennal shape already known at the time to exist in some Palaearctic
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8F64361891D0734A19F950" box="[151,324,1663,1688]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Trachyphloeini">Trachyphloeini</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361949D08D4A2AF950" box="[335,375,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">e.g.</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8F64361980D073484CF950" authority="Seidlitz" authorityName="Seidlitz" box="[390,785,1663,1688]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chevrolati">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361980D07349E9F950" box="[390,692,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">Cathormiocerus chevrolati</emphasis>
Seidlitz
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8F64361B4ED08C4F0EF950" authority="Chevrolat" authorityName="Chevrolat" box="[840,1107,1663,1688]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cathormiocerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lapidicola">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361B4ED08C4886F950" box="[840,987,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">C. lapidicola</emphasis>
Chevrolat
</taxonomicName>
, he interpreted the difference in the number of funicle segments between
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8F64361A82D0A9484EF974" box="[644,787,1700,1724]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrophloeus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squamifer">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361A82D0A9484EF974" box="[644,787,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">A. squamifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8F64361B4DD0A948B6F975" box="[843,1003,1700,1725]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrophloeus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spathulatus">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361B4DD0A948B6F975" box="[843,1003,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">A. spathulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as such as well, not being able to find any other differences between them. However,
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D13FF8F64361AABD0CB48F0F928" box="[685,941,1735,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Afrophloeus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squamifer">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8F64361AABD0CB48F0F928" box="[685,941,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="376">Afrophloeus squamifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguishable from its congeners by the different number of funicle segments (seven, and seemingly consistently so) and the slender, gradually dilated scapes.
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