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Inophloeus breviusculus Broun, 1880: 440 Holotype (Figures 9, 10). Female (BMNH). Glued to card mount; specimen with right antenna broken from funicle segment 2, segments 5���7 and the club glued onto card. Labelled: ���774��� [printed, small off-white rectangular label], BCBM label, ��� BMNH (E) / 1237401��� [printed, white rectangular label], ��� HOLOTYPE / Inophloeus / breviusculus / Broun 1880 / Confirmed SDJ Brown 2013��� [printed, red rectangular label]. Broun (1880) states that he had a ���unique specimen��� from Wellington, thus indicating that only one specimen made up the type series and thereby implicitly designating a holotype. Three specimens are placed above the label for this taxon in BMNH, two of which are labelled ��� Stratford��� and are excluded from the type series. The third specimen, recognised as holotype above, does not have explicit locality data, but the form of the labels matches those of specimens described at the same time. In addition, this specimen matches the description; it is abraded and has much of the black integument exposed, leading Broun to describe it as ���piceous���., Published as part of Brown, Samuel D. J., 2018, Redescription of Brachyolus punctatus White, 1846 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with synonyms and lectotype designations, pp. 432-442 in Zootaxa 4369 (3) on page 436, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/1135852, {"references":["Broun, T. (1880) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera, volume 1. Government Printer, Wellington, 651 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9559"]}

The New Zealand entimine weevil species Brachyolus punctatus White, 1846 is redescribed, with the following new synonyms proposed: Brachyolus albescens Broun, 1903, Inophloeus breviusculus Broun, 1880, Brachyolus elegans Broun, 1893 and Brachyolus viridescens Broun, 1893.

Inophloeus robustus (Broun, 1917) new combination Catoptes robustus Broun, 1917:414 Catoptes ��� robustus Broun, 1917 ���, non (Sharp, 1886); Macfarlane et al., 2011:435 Inophloeus Pascoe, 1875 is a composite genus, as currently defined. However it is outside the scope of this paper to fully resolve the difficulties posed by the group. This species is congeneric with Inophloeus villaris Pascoe, 1875 and so it is placed within Inophloeus until such a time as the whole group is fully revised. This species is found in the Canterbury mountains, especially around Mt Hutt. According to Article 59.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999), removal of this taxon from Catoptes prevents it from requiring a replacement name, despite the secondary homonymy caused by the placement of Tigones robustus Sharp, 1886, into Catoptes by Kuschel (1969)., Published as part of Brown, Samuel D. J., 2017, A revision of the New Zealand weevil genus Irenimus Pascoe, 1876 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), pp. 1-42 in Zootaxa 4263 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/572504, {"references":["Broun, T. (1917) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1 (5), 347 - 474. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12470","Sharp, D. (1886) On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 2 (3), 351 - 454.","Macfarlane, R. P., Maddison, P. A., Andrew, I. G., Berry, J. A., Johns, P. M., Hoare, R. J. B., Lariviere, M. C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R. C., Smithers, C., Palma, R. L., Ward, J. B., Pilgrim, R. L. C., Towns, D. R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D. A. J., Hitchings, T. R., Eastop, V. F., Martin, N. A., Fletcher, M. J., Stufkins, M. A. W., Dale, P. J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T. R. & Trewick, S. A. (2011) Chapter Nine. Phylum Arthropoda; subphylum Hexapoda; Protura, springtails, Diplura and insects. In: Gordon, D. P. (Ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Uol. 2. Kingdom Animalia, Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Canterbury, pp. 233 - 467.","Pascoe, F. P. (1875) Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4, 16, 210 - 223.","Kuschel, G. (1969) The genus Catoptes Schonherr and two species oblitae of Fabricius from New Zealand (Coleoptera Curculionidae). New Zealand Journal of Science, 12, 789 - 810."]}

The taxonomy of the New Zealand weevil genus Irenimus Pascoe, 1876 is revised, resulting in a narrower concept of the genus than has been considered in recent decades. In total, the genus now contains only seven species. In addition to the type species, I. parilis Pascoe, 1876, the genus contains I. duplex (Broun, 1904) and five newly described species: I. aniptus new species (type locality, Oamaru, DN), I. crinitus new species (type locality, Hakataramea Valley, SC), I. minimus new species (type locality, Alexandra, CO), I. stichus new species (type locality, Tekapo, MK) and I. thoracicus new species (type locality, Oamaru, DN). The genus Chalepistes new genus is established to contain the majority of species previously described in the genus Catoptes Schönherr, 1842, but also including species described in Brachyolus White, 1846; Irenimus Pascoe, 1876; Inophloeus Pascoe, 1875; and Nicaeana Pascoe, 1877. A total of 27 valid described species are new combinations with Chalepistes: C. aequalis (Broun, 1895) (from Irenimus), C. albosparsus (Broun, 1917) (from Irenimus), C. apicalis (Broun, 1923) (from Catoptes), C. asperatus (Broun, 1914) (from Brachyolus), C. compressus (Broun, 1880) (from Irenimus), C. costifer (Broun, 1886) (from Inophloeus), C. curvus (Barratt & Kuschel, 1996) (from Irenimus), C. dehiscens (Broun, 1917) (from Catoptes), C. dugdalei (Barratt & Kuschel, 1996) (from Irenimus), C. egens (Broun, 1904) (from Irenimus), C. inaequalis (Sharp, 1886) (from Brachyolus), C. instabilis (Marshall, 1931) (from Catoptes), C. latipennis (Broun, 1893) (from Catoptes), C. limbatus (Broun, 1909) (from Catoptes), C. lobatus (Broun, 1921) (from Catoptes), C. patricki (Barratt & Kuschel, 1996) (from Irenimus), C. pensus (Broun, 1914) (from Inophloeus), C. placidus (Broun, 1914) (from Nicaeana), C. posticalis (Broun, 1893) (from Irenimus), C. rhesus (Pascoe, 1875) (from Inophloeus), C. rubidus (Broun, 1881) (from Inophloeus), C. similis (Barratt & Kuschel, 1996) (from Irenimus), C. spectabilis (Broun, 1914) (from Catoptes), C. spermophilus (Broun, 1895), revised status (from Irenimus), C. stolidus (Broun, 1886) (from Irenimus), C. tenebricus (Broun, 1893) (from Catoptes), C. vastator (Broun, 1893) (from Irenimus). Numerous new synonyms with species of Chalepistes are also proposed: Brachyolus fuscipictus Broun, 1914 and Brachyolus terricola Broun, 1917 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes asperatus (Broun); Brachyolus cervalis Broun, 1903 and Brachyolus sylvaticus Broun, 1910 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes costifer (Broun); Inophloeus tricostatus Broun, 1915 is a junior subjective synonym of Chalepistes pensus (Broun); Catoptes pallidipes Broun, 1917, Catoptes flaviventris Broun, 1917 and Catoptes nigricans Broun, 1917 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes placidus (Broun); Inophloeus longicornis Broun, 1904, Inophloeus medius Broun, 1893, Inophloeus sulcicollis Broun, 1914 and Inophloeus suturalis Broun, 1893 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes rhesus (Pascoe); Inophloeus albonotata Broun, 1893, Catoptes asperellus Broun, 1893, Irenimus bicostatus Broun, 1886, Catoptes caliginosus Broun, 1893, Catoptes chalmeri Broun, 1893, Catoptes decorus Broun, 1893, Inophloeus discrepans Broun, 1904, Catoptes fumosus Broun, 1914, Catoptes furvus Broun, 1893, Catoptes humeralis Broun, 1893, Catoptes longulus Sharp, 1886, Inophloeus nigellus Broun, 1881, Irenimus pilosellus Broun, 1886 and Catoptes scutellaris Sharp, 1886 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes rubidus (Broun); Catoptes subnitidus Broun, 1914 and Catoptes curvatus Broun, 1914 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes spermophilus (Broun); Catoptes brevicornis Sharp, 1886 and Catoptes vexator Broun, 1904 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes stolidus (Broun); and Catoptes aemulator Broun, 1893 and Catoptes argentalis Broun, 1914 are junior subjective synonyms of Chalepistes tenebricus (Broun). Additional new combinations include Inophloeus robustus (Broun, 1917) (from Catoptes) and Nicaeana fraudator (Marshall, 1931) (from Catoptes), while Catoptes postrectus Marshall, 1931 is a new synonym of Protolobus obscurus Sharp, 1886.