Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Author
Gültekin, Levent
text
Zootaxa
2010
2411
1
21
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.293282
4f903bdb-024d-45e3-902d-1d2402eb0a5e
1175-5326
293282
Lixus korbi
Petri, 1904
Lixus korbi
Petri, 1904: 76
Current status:
Lixus korbi
Petri, 1904
is a valid species
Type
.
In Reitter’s collection at
HNHM
, is a female (remounted by somebody) bearing the labels: “Anatolien, Ak-Cheir, 1900, Korb” printed, “
Asia Minor
” printed, “
L. korbi
n. sp.
Petri” handwritten, “Monotypus, 1904,
Lixus korbi
Petri, Ƥ
” red brimmed museum label, and fitting the description with
type
locality as
Anatolia
(Ak-Cheir). It is the
holotype
of
Lixus korbi
.
Remarks.
This species is related to
Lixus ibis
Petri, 1904
, differing by the more cylindrical body, coarse punctation on pronotum, lack of basal convexity on elytral interval 3, and shorter rostrum.