Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.293282
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199879
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scientific name	Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904
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Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904 View in CoL

Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904: 73 View in CoL

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

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.].