Pseudeumecops n. gen., a new genus of Cleonini from East Africa (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Lixinae)

Pseudeumecops n. gen., a new genus of Cleonini, is proposed, with Cleonus (Cossinoderus) lutulentus Fairmaire, 1888 as the type species. A second species of Pseudeumecops, P carpanetoi n. sp., from Somalia [type locality: Soomaaliya, Muqdishu (Somalia, Mogadishu), 02degrees04' N 45degrees22' E] is also described. The phylogenetic significance of 20 traits of Pseudeumecops and the high level of homoplasic states among the genera of the tribe are discussed. An additional analysis of the states of several characters of Pseudeumecops compared with Eumecops Hochhuth, 1851, Porocleonus Motschulsky, 1860 and Calodemas Faust, 1904 suggests that Pseudeumecops is the sister taxon of Calodemas.