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 amplirostris Petri, 1904 Lixus amplirostris Petri, 1904: 68 Current status: Lixus amplirostris Petri, 1904 is a junior synonym of L. elegantulus Boheman, 1842 . Type . In Reitter’s collection at HNHM , is a male fitting the description with type locality as Akbes (pinned through the right elytron, right hind claw segment and left middle tarsus missing, remounted and aedeagus dissected) bearing the handwritten labels: “Akbes”, “[yellow square]”, “ Syria , Akbes”, “ Lixus amplirostris n. sp. Petri”, “Monotypus, 1904, Lixus amplirostris Petri , 3” red brimmed museum label, and “ Lixus elegantulus Boh., Gültekin det. 2008”. It is the holotype of Lixus amplirostris . Remarks. Examination of type material and dissection of aedeagus reveals that Lixus amplirostris is the same as Lixus elegantulus Boheman. Thus the following new synonymy is proposed here: Lixus elegantulus Boheman, 1842 [= Lixus amplirostris Petri, 1904 syn. n. ].