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 geminatus
Boheman, 1842
Lixus geminatus
Boheman, 1842
: 419
Current status:
Lixus geminatus
Boheman, 1842
is a junior synonym of
L. iridis
Olivier, 1807
.
Type
.
In Schoenherr’s collection at
SMNH
, under the name “
Geminatus
, 6., Boh.” is a male pinned through the right elytron (left fore leg missing) bearing the handwritten labels: “[orange square]”, “
Lixus geminatus
Schh.,
Iridis
Ol.
,
Corsica
”, “
Furcillatus
mihi h.m.
Gallia
Nogent-teine”, “116” printed, “coll. Chevrol.”, and fitting the description with
type
locality as
Corsica
. It is here designated as
lectotype
with “
Lectotypus
, 3,
Lixus geminatus
Boh., Gültekin
des. 2006”, “
Lixus iridis
Ol
.. Gültekin det. 2006.
Remarks.
Capiomont (1874)
first established
Lixus geminatus
Boheman
as a synonym of
L. iridis
Olivier, 1807
.