Roman Borovec

Revision of the species related to Lalagetes subfasciatus Boheman and transfer of remaining Lalagetes species to other genera of Embrithini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

The genus Lalagetes Schoenherr, 1842 is redefined, compared with related genera and all known species placed among three genera. Four new species from South Africa are described: L. andersoni sp. nov. (Mpumalanga), L. howdenorum sp. nov. (Limpopo), L. sarkae sp. nov. (KwaZulu-Natal) and L. zitae sp. nov. (KwaZulu-Natal). Lectotypes of Lalagetes seminulum Fåhraeus, 1871 and L. subfasciatus Boheman, 1842 are designated here, and both species redescribed. All of the following species are keyed and illustrated. The following new combinations are proposed: Glyptosomus edax (Marshall, 1939), G. inaequalis (Marshall, 1941), G. leurops (Marshall, 1931), G. setosus (Boheman, 1845), G. squamulatus (Boheman, 1842), G. subfrenatus (Marshall, 1947b), G. variegatus (Boheman, 1845), Phaylomerinthus hispidus (Hartmann, 1906), P. nanus (Marshall, 1947a), P. pallipes (Fåhraeus, 1871), P. parcus (Marshall, 1947a), P. rudis (Marshall, 1958), P. signatus (Hartmann, 1906) and P. viridulus (Fåhraeus, 1871).

Review of the Stomodes tolutarius species group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Otiorhynchini) from the Balkan Peninsula with description of two new species from Greece

Species of the tolutarius species group of the genus Stomodes Schoenherr, 1826 are revised. A redescription of the genus is provided and all available male and female genitalia are illustrated. Two new species, S. benedikti sp. n. and S. dodocunevi sp. n. from Greece, are described. A lectotype is designated for S. amorei Desbrochers des Loges, 1904. The redescriptions of the following species are provided: S. marocanus Hoffmann, 1956; S. muelleri Lona, 1922; S. leonhardi Wagner, 1912; S. letzneri Reitter, 1889 and S. tolutarius Schoenherr, 1826. S. muelleri is for the first time recorded for Macedonia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Greece; S. tolutarius for Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. An identification key to species of the tolutarius species group is given.

Holcophloeus caldarai (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Holcorhinini) a new weevil species from Morocco

Holcophloeus caldarai sp. n. is described as a fifth species of the genus from central Morocco. The new species differs from all other species of the genus and, generally the entire tribe, by unique irregularly star-shaped appressed scales.

Eudraces barclayi sp. nov., with some notes on the genus Eudraces Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Myorhinini)

Eudraces barclayi sp. n. is described from South Africa, illustrated and compared with other species of the genus. Echinocnemodes Voss, 1962 is proposed as a new junior synonym of Eudraces Marshall, 1926. Holcolaccus sparsus (Voss, 1959) is proposed as a new combination from Eudraces Marshall, 1926. Eudraces zumpti Voss, 1959 is a new junior synonym of Eremnus angustirostris Marshall, 1937. A lectotype is designated for Eudraces flavirostris Marshall, 1926. A key to the known Eudraces species is given.

On the systematic position of some species of Chiloneus , Desbrochersella and Sciaphilus , with description of two new species and lectotype selection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Chiloneus globulus sp. nov. and C. tenietensis sp. nov. from Algeria are described, illustrated and compared with closely related species. The following new combinations are proposed: Chiloneus barbaricus (González, 1970) from Desbrochersella, Chiloneus innotatus (Pic, 1927) from Sciaphilus, Desbrochersella diversepubens (Pic, 1904) and Desbrochersella microps (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897) from Chiloneus, Myochlamys convexiceps (Desbrochers des Loges, 1896), Polydrusus (Leucodrusus) henoni (Allard, 1869) and Sericopholus murinus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1896) from Chiloneus. The following new synonymies are proposed: Chiloneus alboscutellaris (Pic, 1917) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus submaculatus (Pic, 1917), Chiloneus curtipennis (Pic, 1917) as a junior synonym of Desbrochersella diversepubens (Pic, 1904), Chiloneus dividuus (Pic, 1904) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus pennatus (Faust, 1885), Chiloneus inhumeralis (Pic, 1903) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus chobauti (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897), Chiloneus nasutus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus pertusicollis (Fairmaire, 1868), Chiloneus nitens (Pic, 1904) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus cinerascens (Rosenhauer, 1856), Chiloneus insulanus (González, 1970) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus innotatus (Pic, 1927), Chiloneus pilosulus Normand, 1953 as a junior synonym of Chiloneus vaulogeri (Pic, 1896), Chiloneus ruficornis (Allard, 1869) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus pertusicollis (Fairmaire, 1868), Chiloneus seminitidus (Hustache, 1941) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus cinerascens (Rosenhauer, 1856), Chiloneus subannulipes (Pic, 1917) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus minutissimus (Pic, 1904), Chiloneus subglobatus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1892) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus chevrolati Tournier, 1874, Chiloneus theresae (Pic, 1945) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus brevithorax Desbrochers des Loges, 1874, Chiloneus tuniseus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus brevipilis Desbrochers des Loges, 1893, Desbrochersella nitidipennis Pic, 1927 as a junior synonym of Chiloneus minutissimus (Pic, 1904), Pleurodirus alluaudi (Pic, 1903) as a junior synonym of Chiloneus vaulogeri (Pic, 1896), Sericopholus triangulifer (Desbrochers des Loges, 1903) as a junior synonym of Sericopholus murinus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1896). Lectotypes of the following species are designated (current names added in brackets when different): Alophinus triangulifer Desbrochers des Loges, 1903 (currently Sericopholus murinus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1896)), Alophinus triangulifer v. subuniformis Pic, 1904 (currently Sericopholus murinus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1896)), Chiloneus algericus Desbrochers des Loges, 1871 (currently Chiloneus infuscatus (Chevrolat, 1861)), Chiloneus brevi-pilis Desbrochers des Loges, 1893, Chiloneus carinidorsum Desbrochers des Loges, 1871, Chiloneus chevrolati Tournier, 1874, Chiloneus murinus Desbrochers des Loges, 1896 (currently Sericopholus murinus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1896)), Chiloneus ottomanus Desbrochers des Loges, 1892, Chiloneus veneriatus Normand, 1937, Eusomus sphaeropterus Allard, 1869 (currently Chiloneus pertusicollis (Fairmaire, 1868)), Foucartia ruficornis Allard, 1869 (currently Chiloneus pertusicollis (Fairmaire, 1868)), Holcorhinus parvus Stierlin, 1899 (currently Chiloneus chevrolati Tournier, 1874), Platytarsus vaulogeri Desbrochers des Loges, 1897 (currently Chiloneus barbaricus (González, 1970)), Sciaphilus alboscutellaris Pic, 1917 (currently Chiloneus submaculatus (Pic, 1917)), Sciaphilus alluaudi Pic, 1903 (currently Chiloneus vaulogeri (Pic, 1896)), Sciaphilus chobauti Desbrochers des Loges, 1897 (currently Chiloneus chobauti (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897)), Sciaphilus convexiceps Desbrochers des Loges, 1896 (currently Myochlamys convexiceps (Desbrochers des Loges, 1896)), Sciaphilus curtipennis Pic, 1917 (currently Desbrochersella diversepubens (Pic, 1904)), Sciaphilus diversepubens Pic, 1904 (currently Desbrochersella diversepubens (Pic, 1904)), Sciaphilus dividuus Pic, 1904 (currently Chiloneus pennatus (Faust, 1885)), Sciaphilus inhumeralis Pic, 1903 (currently Chiloneus chobauti (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897)), Sciaphilus innotatus Pic, 1927 (currently Chiloneus innotatus (Pic, 1927)), Sciaphilus microps Desbrochers des Loges, 1897 (currently Desbrochersella microps (Desbrochers des Loges, 1897)), Sciaphilus minutissimus Pic, 1904 (currently Chiloneus minutissimus (Pic, 1904)), Sciaphilus nasutus Desbrochers des Loges, 1897 (currently Chiloneus pertusicollis (Fairmaire, 1868)), Sciaphilus nitens Pic, 1904 (currently Chiloneus cinerascens (Rosenhauer, 1856)), Sciaphilus pertusicollis Fairmaire, 1868 (currently Chiloneus pertusicollis (Fairmaire, 1868)), Sciaphilus pruinosus Desbrochers des Loges, 1896 (currently Chiloneus pennatus (Faust, 1885)), Sciaphilus subannulipes Pic, 1917 (currently Chiloneus minutissimus (Pic, 1904)), Sciaphilus submaculatus Pic, 1917 (currently Chiloneus submaculatus (Pic, 1917)), Sciaphilus vaulogeri Pic, 1896 (currently Chiloneus vaulogeri (Pic, 1896)).

Four new Entiminae from the Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini, Trachyphloeini), with additional data on the distribution of some poorly known species

Argoptochus sappho sp. n. and Pelletierellus bryophilus sp. n. from Lesbos island, Greece, Cathormiocerus kostali sp. n. from Morocco, and C. meyeri sp. n. from Portugal are described. New faunistic data are presented for Argoptochus moraveci Borovec, 2006, Cathormiocerus inflatiscapus Escalera, 1918, C. jeani (Borovec, 1989), C. longiscapus Pic, 1912, C. tenuiscapus Fairmaire, 1884, Pelletierellus bosnicus (Apfelbeck, 1898) and P. neglectus (Borovec, 1992). Males of Cathormiocerus inflatiscapus Escalera, 1918 and C. tenuiscapus Fairmaire, 1884 are described for the first time and the penises of these species are illustrated.

Radiation in the halophytic coenoses of the Peri-Tethys: taxonomy and biogeography of the genus Ita (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

The weevil genus Ita Tournier, 1878 is revised, its phylogeny inferred and its historical biogeography discussed. Its nomenclatural history is detailed and its taxonomic placement within the Curculionidae is examined; the genus is ascribed to the subfamily Curculioninae, tribe Itini. The type specimens of all the described names referable to this genus were examined and lectotypes designated. Ten new species are described. The synonymy Xeronoma Iablokov-Khnzorian, 1964  =  Ita Tournier, 1878 syn. nov. is proposed. The natural history is detailed: all the species for which data are available live in halophytic habitats and are associated with the former family Chenopodiaceae. Inference on phylogeny and hypotheses on historical biogeography are proposed: the genus has probably differentiated not later than the upper Miocene along the south-eastern coasts of the Paratethys; a subsequent radiation occurred as a consequence of the tectonic evolution of the region and through events of dispersion and dispersal.