A Taxonomic Revision of the South African Genus <i>Plastologus</i> Schoenherr, 1842 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cyclominae)

Abstract

Plastologus Schoenherr, 1842, hitherto a monotypic genus belonging to the tribe Hipporhinini, is herein revised for the first time. Three species are recognized as valid based on morphological characters, all distributed in southern regions of South Africa. In addition to the type species of the genus, Plastologus costatus Boheman, 1842, the following two species are described as new to the science: P. boroveci Košťál sp. n. and P. punctatus Košťál sp. n.

Keywords

• Curculionidae
• Hipporhinini
• <i>Plastologus</i>
• new species
• distribution