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 fascifarius
Reitter, 1895
: 28
Lixus fascifarius
Reitter, 1895
: 28
Current status:
Lixus fascifarius
Reitter, 1895
is a junior synonym of
L. motacilla
Schoenherr, 1832
.
Type
.
In Reitter’s collection at
HNHM
, is a female (right elytron formerly pinned, later remounted) bearing the labels: “Caucasus, Armen Geb., Leder.Reitter” printed, “Alagoes” handwritten, “
L. fascifarius
m. 1895” handwritten, “
Holotypus
, 1895,
Lixus fascifarius
Reitter
” red brimmed museum label, “
L. motacilla
Boh., Coll. Reitter
” handwritten, and fitting the description with
type
locality as Caucasus, Armenisches Gebirge am Alagoes. It is here designated as
lectotype
with “
Lectotypus
, Ƥ,
Lixus fascifarius
Reitter., Gültekin
des. 2008”, “
Lixus motacilla
Schh., Gültekin
det. 2008”.
Remarks.
Petri (1905)
first established
Lixus fascifarius
Reitter
as a synonym of
L. motacilla
Schoenherr.