taxonID	type	description	language	source
4C478527C95F0838FF12FB6CFAE9B946.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Glochiphorus globosus Strohmeyer, 1910: 127, monotypic (Figs 1 – 3)	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
4C478527C95F0838FF12FB6CFAE9B946.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Syntypes: Madagascar, region de l’Androy, Ambovombe [- 25.16, 46.08], fev. & mars, Dr J. Decorse, 1901 [NHMW].	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
4C478527C95F0838FF12FB6CFAE9B946.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis, genus et species. Length 1.3 – 1.5 mm, 1.2 – 1.3 × as long as wide. Frons (sex?) concave, tomentose, with fine golden setae encircling the central tomentose area; antennal funiculus 5 - segmented, segment 2 as long as segment 1 (pedicel); club flattened, as wide as long, with two broadly procurved sutures marked by setae; eyes entire, strongly dorsoventrally elongated. Pronotum large, wider than long, almost as long as elytra, distinctly asperate on median two-thirds from anterior to posterior margins; vestiture consisting of pale hair- and scale-like setae. Scutellum not visible. Elytral base with fine crest, strial punctures not evident, replaced by granules in single rows or multiple confused rows; interstrial setae scale-like, semirecumbent, confused; erect strial setae shorter and broader than interstrial setae. Protibiae narrow, with four small, lateral teeth, outer uncus large, curved posterolaterally.	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
4C478527C95F0838FF12FB6CFAE9B946.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Madagascar.	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
4C478527C95F0838FF12FB6CFAE9B946.taxon	discussion	Remarks: All examined type specimens have concave frons and sex cannot be determined without dissection. The genus is distinguished from other hypoborines by segment 2 of the antennal funiculus being as long as segment 1 (pedicel), and the club is large and flat with strongly procurved sutures marked by setae. Shape of the eyes and the protibiae is typical for Hypoborini. It is potentially related to Dacryostactus Schaufuss, but the base of the elytra is not crenulated, which place the genus in the subtribe Xerasiborina. DNA data and morphological dissections of non-type material is therefore needed to test this hypothesis. With the taxonomic changes made here, Glochiphorus is now entirely restricted to Madagascar. We know very little about the ecology and biology of G. globosus other than the habitat type in which it was collected — a dry shrub landscape in the very south of the island. This kind of habitat harbors some other deviant and species poor lineages of wood boring beetles, such as Microlanurgus Jordal, 2021 c and Xerasiborus Jordal, 2021 b. The special dry shrub landscapes of Madagascar is therefore of much interest in biodiversity studies. With a steady growth in new species and genus discoveries, Madagascar continues to be an important area for such studies. However, the once extensive tracts of forest are shrinking rapidly, and there is little time left to obtain a comprehensive record of the Malagasy flora and fauna.	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
4C478527C95D083BFF12FF36FE06BB7E.taxon	description	(Figs 4 – 6)	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
4C478527C95D083BFF12FF36FE06BB7E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Syntype, sex?: Caffria [South Africa] [type not located, lost]. Syntype H. globosus: [South Africa], Pondoland [ZMHB — not located]. Syntype H. congonus: [Democratic Republic of the] Congo, Mulungu, Kivu, leg. Lefevre [RBINS]. Paratype G. alienus: S. Afr. Transvaal, Soutpan, Pretoria, 25.25 S – 28.05 E, 8.2.1973, E-Y: 8, beeten, leg. Endrödy-Younga [NHMW].	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
4C478527C95D083BFF12FF36FE06BB7E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. All type specimens of G. alienus are typical Hapalogenius and have similar morphology as verified material of Hapalogenius fuscipennis. The antennal club is subquadrate with multiple transverse sutures. Protibiae are wide near apex with small and similarly sized denticles. Furthermore, the basal rim of the elytra is raised and crenulated, not only near scutellum as in subtribe Hypoborina, but along the entire base. This species is therefore removed from tribe Hypoborini, which makes the genus Glochiphorus monotypic. Type material of H. fuscipennis is lost and therefore comparison was made to the original descriptions and verified material by Eggers. It is also clear that the RBINS syntype of H. congonus falls within the variation observed for South African H. fuscipennis.	en	Jordal, Bjarte H. (2025): Glochiphorus Strohmeyer (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) - a monotypic genus endemic to Madagascar. Zootaxa 5584 (3): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.11
