Revision of the South African genus Porophorus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

The genus Porophorus Schoenherr, 1845, with only one previously known species, P. odiosus Boheman, 1845, is redefined and compared with related genera. An additional thirty new species are described herein: P. abnormis Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. anysbergensis Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. appendiculatus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. bituberculatus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. brachysetosus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. brunneofasciatus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. brunneus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Northern Cape); P. calviniae Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Northern Cape); P. canceris Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. elegans Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. elongatus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. harani Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. hispidus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. inflaticeps Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. maximus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Northern and Western Cape); P. montaguensis Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. muellerae Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. normalis Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. picturatus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. probus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. prochesi Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. salsolae Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western and Eastern Cape); P. spinulosus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western and Eastern Cape); P. squamipennis Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. stalsi Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Northern Cape, Namibia: Karas); P. subodiosus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. tapetulus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. variegatus Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape); P. variicolor Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape) and P. waboombergensis Borovec and Wanat sp. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape). All of the species are keyed and illustrated; male and female terminalia are described in detail, female genitalia for the first time; ecological information is presented where available. A lectotype is designated for Porophorus odiosus Boheman, 1845.