Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Author
Gültekin, Levent
text
Zootaxa
2010
2411
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.293282
4f903bdb-024d-45e3-902d-1d2402eb0a5e
1175-5326
293282
Lixus lecontei
Faust, 1883
Lixus Lecontei
Faust, 1883
: 208
Current status:
Lixus lecontei
Faust, 1883
is a valid species.
Types
.
In Faust’s collection at SMTD can be found three female specimens glued to cards closely fitting the description of
L. lecontei
with
type
locality as “Kasalinsk, Fort Perofsky”. Two of them are in good shape, labeled “[golden square]”, “Perofsky, Balassoglo”, are mounted on the same pin: the upper one is here designated as
lectotype
and has been labeled “
Lectotypus
, Ƥ,
Lixus lecontei
Faust, Gültekin
des. 2008” (
Fig. 8
), whilst the other was selected as
paralectotype
. Another female pinned through the right elytron, with the fore right tarsus beyond segment 2 and the left hind tarsus missing, bears the labels: “golden square”, “Kasalinsk, Balassoglo”, and is here designated as
paralectotype
. Both the two last mentioned females were labeled “
Paralectotypus
, Ƥ,
Lixus lecontei
Faust, Gültekin
des. 2008”. All
types
have been remounted: golden square and locality labels have been mounted on a paper card to protect them.
Remarks.
Lixus lecontei
Faust
belongs to the
Lixus tigrinus
group. It can be recognized by the shape of its fore tibia and long uncus.