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 colchicus
Petri, 1904
Lixus colchicus
Petri, 1904: 69
Current status:
Lixus colchicus
Petri, 1904
is a junior synonym of
L. elegantulus
Boheman, 1842
.
Type
.
In Reitter’s collection at
HNHM
, is a pinned female fitting the description with
type
locality as Caucasus and bearing labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter” printed, “
Lixus colchicus
n. sp.
Petri”, “
Holotypus
, 1904,
Lixus colchicus
Petri
” red brimmed museum label. It is here designated as
lectotype
with “
Lectotypus
, Ƥ,
Lixus colchicus
Petri., Gültekin
des. 2008”, “
Lixus elegantulus
Boh., Gültekin
det. 2008”. A pinned male (remounted and aedeagus dissected) bears the labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter” printed, “
Paratypus
, 1904,
Lixus colchicus
Petri
” red brimmed museum label, and is here designated as
paralectotype
with “
Paralectotypus
, 3,
Lixus colchicus
Petri., Gültekin
des. 2008”, “
Lixus elegantulus
Boh., Gültekin
det. 2008”.
Remarks.
Dissection of the aedeagus reveals that
Lixus colchicus
is the same as
Lixus elegantulus
Boheman, 1842
. Thus the following new synonymy is proposed here:
Lixus elegantulus
Boheman, 1842
[=
Lixus colchicus
Petri, 1904
syn. n.
]