Lixus tenuirostris Boheman, 1842

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 13-14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.293282
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199845
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scientific name	Lixus tenuirostris Boheman, 1842
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Lixus tenuirostris Boheman, 1842 View in CoL

Lixus tenuirostris Boheman, 1842: 421 View in CoL

Current status: Lixus tenuirostris Boheman, 1842 View in CoL is a junior synonym of L. siculus Boheman, 1835 View in CoL .

Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Tenuirostris , Schh., 12, Bhn.” is a female (pinned through the right elytron by a large pin, elytra separated, head missing) bearing the handwritten label: “Sicila, Bibron”, and fitting the description with type locality as Sicilia. It is here designated as lectotype and with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus tenuirostris Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”, “ Lixus siculus Boh. Gültekin det. 2006”.

Remarks. The lectoype of this species is a slightly larger specimen than the lectotype of Lixus siculus Boh. In spite of lacking head and rostrum, it is still possible to recognize this specimen as L. siculus . Capiomont (1874) first established Lixus tenuirostris Boheman as a synonym of L. siculus Boheman.