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 operculifer Petri, 1904 Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904: 73 Current status: Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904 is a junior synonym of L. scolopax Boheman, 1835 . Type . In Reitter’s collection at HNHM , is a pinned female fitting the description with type locality as Caucasus and bearing the labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter” printed, “ L. operculifer n. sp. ” handwritten, “Monotypus, 1904, Lixus operculifer Petri, Ƥ ” red brimmed museum label, and “ Lixus scolopax Boh., Gültekin det. 2008”. It is the holotype of Lixus operculifer . Remarks. Examination of the holotype show that Lixus operculifer is conspecific with Lixus scolopax Boheman. Thus , the following new synonymy is proposed here: Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835 [= Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904 syn. n. ].