title: Revision of the genus Acallopistus Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Nerthopini). .
abstract: The genus Acallopistus (Curculioninae, Nerthopini) is revised. Eight species are recognized as valid: A. vellicosus Schoenherr, A. abutilonis Marshall, A. fallax Boheman, A. guttatus Boheman, A. crassirostris Hustache and three new species, A. dissimilis, A. hibisci and A. dentirostris. The following new synonymies are proposed: A. maculithorax Hustache and A. senegalensis Hustache = A. vellicosus Schoenherr, A. pardalis Gyllenhal = A. guttatus Boheman. Lectotypes are designated for A. vellicosus Schoenherr, A. abutilonis Marshall, A. guttatus Boheman, A. crassirostris Hustache and A. malvae Boheman; one neotype is designated for A. fallax Boheman. The species A. malvae Boheman is excluded from the genus Acallopistus. A key to species, diagnosis of each species, together with habitus photographs and line illustrations of male and female genitalia are provided.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museun, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. julien.haran@gmail.com
authors.forename: Juilen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haran
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D001211:Asia, Western; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D048889:Weevils / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*