The species of Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) described by J. Desbrochers: lectotype designations and new synonymies Author Gültekin, Levent Author Perrin, Hélène text Zootaxa 2006 1350 55 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.273592 abfd273b-8107-4c29-a335-7761c269afd5 1175­5326 273592 Larinus elegans Desbrochers, 1897 Larinus elegans Desbrochers, 1897 : 29 In the description, Desbrochers indicates “Long. 9­12 mill., “Algẻrie, Aïn­Sefra, des rẻcoltes de Hẻnon”, and “le ɗ est un peu plus ẻtroit que l’autre sexe, à abdomen subdẻprimẻ au lieu d’ȇtre assez convexe”. The size and the last sentence show that there are several specimens in the type series. Types . Several specimens stand under this name in Desbrochers’ collection. One female, pinned through right elytron, missing the left hind tarsus, and bearing the handwritten labels “ L. elegans , Fr. 97, Ψ, Ψ” and “ type ”, is here designated as lectotype by adding a red label “ Lectotypus Ψ, Larinus elegans Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2005”. Three males and two females, all intact and bearing the label “Aïn­Sefra, Hẻnon” [printed] are designated as paralectotypes and labelled accordingly as “ Paralectotypus ɗ/Ψ, Larinus elegans Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2005” [on red paper]. Fifteen other specimens standing with the syntypes , bearing labels “A. Sefra” or “Aïn­Sefra” [handwritten] and “Ex Museo, Dr. Ch . Martin” or “ex Musaeo Desbrochers 1904” [printed] do not belong to the type series because the original description does not refer to any specimen from Dr. Ch . Martin’s collection or the reference to Hẻnon is lacking. Remarks. Larinus elegans Desbrochers, 1897 is conspecific with Larinus kirschii Capiomont, 1874 , the types of both having been examined by the senior author. However, the binomen Larinus kirschi was also employed by Reitter (1872) for another Larinus ( Larinomesius ) species, and Larinus kirschii Capiomont, 1874 is a junior primary homonym of L . kirschi Reitter, 1872 since the endings –i and –ii regarded as homonymous (ICZN 1999). Bedel (1887: 201) proposed the replacement name of Larinus mutabilis for Larinus kirschii Capiomont, 1874 , but also this name cannot be used because it is a primary homonym of Larinus mutabilis (Host, 1789) , a synonym of Larinus latus (Herbst, 1784) . Csiki (1934) correctly placed Larinus mutabilis Bedel, 1887 under the synonyms of Larinus elegans Desbrochers, 1897 . Larinus elegans is related to Larinus ursus (Fabricius, 1792) , clearly differing from the latter by its shorter and thicker rostrum and the sharp apical constriction of the aedeagus.