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Lixus operculifer Petri 1904

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Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904

Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904: 73

Current status: Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904 is a junior synonym of L. scolopax Boheman, 1835.

Type. In Reitter’s collection at HNHM, is a pinned female fitting the description with type locality as Caucasus and bearing the labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter” printed, “ L. operculifer n. sp. ” handwritten, “Monotypus, 1904, Lixus operculifer Petri, Ƥ ” red brimmed museum label, and “ Lixus scolopax Boh., Gültekin det. 2008”. It is the holotype of Lixus operculifer.

Remarks. Examination of the holotype show that Lixus operculifer is conspecific with Lixus scolopax Boheman. Thus, the following new synonymy is proposed here: Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835 [= Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904 syn. n.].

Notes

Published as part of Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2411 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293282

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Petri
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Lixus
Species
operculifer
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904 sec. Gültekin, 2010

References

  • Boheman, C. H. (1835) In Schoenherr C. J. [1835]. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Tomus tertius. Pars prima. Roret, Paris; Fleischer, Lipsiae, pp. [6] + 1 - 505.