Redescription of Styphlus orthochaetinus (Reitter, 1916) from Siberia with new taxonomic data

Abstract

Styphlus (Styphlomimus) orthochaetinus (Reitter, 1916), comb. and placem. nov. is redescribed and illustrated. The species was transferred from the genus Pseudostyphlus Tournier, 1874 to the genus Styphlus Schoenherr, 1826. Key for S. orthochaetinus and similar species and distribution map of Styphlomimus subgenus are given.

First record of Pseudostyphlus pillumus (Gyllenhal, 1835) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Altaiskii Krai, Western Siberia (Russia)

“…Paraphilernus bilunulatus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1870), Philernus cretaceous Korotyaev, 1979, Ph. farinosus (Gebler, 1829, Pseudostyphlus pillumus (Gyllenhal, 1835) and Styphlus orthochaetinus (Reitter, 1916) were recorded from Siberia (Legalov 2020;Legalov and Reshetnikov 2021).…”