Lixus zoubkoffi Boheman, 1835

Lixus Zoubkoffi Boheman, 1835: 86

Current status: Lixus zoubkoffi Boheman, 1835 is a junior synonym of L. rubicundus Zoubkoff, 1833 .

Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Zoubkoffi, Schh., 113–158, Bhn.” is a male formerly pinned by a large pin through the right elytron (pin was changed with a thinner one, thus the hole is wider than the pin; elytra separated, right funicle beyond segment 4, right middle leg, left middle tarsus and right fore claws missing) bearing the handwritten labels: “3”, “Lit: orientale Maris, Caspici, Bartels”, and fitting the description with type locality as Caspii. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, 3, Lixus zoubkoffi Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”, “ Lixus rubicundus Zoubk., Gültekin det. 2006”. A female pinned through the right elytron (right fore tibia and tarsus missing) bearing the handwritten labels: “Ƥ”, “ L. rubicundus Zoubkoff, Lit: orientale, Maris, Caspici, Bartels”, fits description, and is here designated as paralectotype with “ Paralectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus zoubkoffi Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”, “ Lixus rubicundus Zoubk., Gültekin det. 2006”.

Remarks. Csiki (1934) first established Lixus zoubkoffi as a synonym of L. rubicundus .