Phyllobius nigrofasciatus Pesarini, 1975

Germann, Christoph, Wartmann, Stefan & Winkelmann, Herbert, 2025, Conspicuously hidden in the Catalogue-Phyllobius occultatus sp. nov. from Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 5601 (1), pp. 181-188 : 182

Phyllobius nigrofasciatus Pesarini, 1975 ( Figs 3–5; 7 ; 12 ; 29–30 )

Holotype male ( Fig. 3 ) of Phyllobius nigrofasciatus “Bozdag ( Turchia)” ( MNMI). — 1 female “ 22.05.2004 / Çıngırak Yolu // Gölbaşı BKMP / Afyon 92 / O. Sert // collezione L. Magnano” ( BMNH). — 1 male “ TR-prov. Afyon / 3 km W of Başören / 26.V.1998 / J. Voříšek lgt.” ( BMNH). — 1 female “TR. (Afyon) 5.6.2002 / Basören / Skoupý leg.// (cHW).” — 1 male “Tr. (Afyon) 5.6.2002 / Basören Skoupý leg. ” ( BMNH).

Figures

FIGURE 1–8. Fig. 1. Lectotype male and Fig. 2. Paralectotype female of Phyllobius brenskei Schilsky, 1911, designated herein, with their labels (Photos: Ivo Jurisch). Fig. 3. Holotype male of Ph. nigrofasciatus Pesarini, 1975 (Photo: Michele Zilioli). Fig. 4. Male of Ph. nigrofasciatus from Afyonkarahisar. Fig. 5. Ditto female. Fig. 6. Detail of long hairs and scales of apical part of left elytron of Ph. brenskei. Fig. 7. Ditto Ph. nigrofasciatus. Fig. 8. Ditto Ph. occultatus sp. nov. (Photos: C. Germann).

FIGURE 9–16. Fig. 9. Holotype male of Phyllobius occultatus sp. nov. Fig. 10. Ditto, paratype female. Fig. 11. Elytral apex of the female of Ph. occultatus sp. nov. Fig. 12. Ditto of the female of Ph. nigrofasciatus. Figs 13–14. Male and female of Ph. brenskei, freshly collected specimens showing variability in colour of scales and body shape. Fig. 15. Apical sternites of male and 16. Female of Ph. occultatus sp. nov. (Photos: C. Germann).

FIGURES 17–30. Figs 17–18. Penis in ventral and lateral view of Phyllobius occultatus sp. nov. 19. Male sternite VIII and hemisternite IX, ditto. Fig. 20. Female sternite VIII, ditto. Fig. 21. Ovipositor in full length with gonocoxites, ditto. Fig. 22. Spermatheca, ditto. Figs 23–24. Dorsal view on tergites VII and VIII of male and female, ditto. Figs 25–26. Details of gonocoxites, lateral and dorso-ventral views, ditto. Fig. 27–28. Penis of Ph. brenskei in ventral and lateral view. Figs 29–30. Ditto, Ph. nigrofasciatus (Photos: C. Germann).