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 gemellatus
Gyllenhal, 1835
Lixus gemellatus
Gyllenhal, 1835
: 6
Current status:
Lixus gemellatus
at
Gyllenhal, 1835
is a junior synonym of
L. iridis
Olivier, 1807
.
Type
.
In Schoenherr’s collection at
SMNH
, under the name “
Gemellatus
,
Gyllenhal., 5-5, Ghl.” is a female in good condition pinned through right elytron bearing the handwritten label: “
Germania
, Schneider, Mus: Ghl.”, and fitting description with
type
locality as
Germania
. It is here designated as
lectotype
with “
Lectotypus
, Ƥ,
Lixus gemellatus
Gyll., Gültekin
des. 2006”, “
Lixus iridis
Ol
.. Gültekin det. 2006”.
Remarks.
Gemminger and Harold (1871)
first established
Lixus gemellatus
Gyllenhal
as a synonym of
L. iridis
Olivier.