Lixus siculus Boheman, 1835

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.293282

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199817

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scientific name

Lixus siculus Boheman, 1835
status

 

Lixus siculus Boheman, 1835 View in CoL

Lixus siculus Boheman, 1835: 9 View in CoL

Current status: Lixus siculus Boheman, 1835 View in CoL is a valid species.

Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Siculus , Dejean, 8–9, Bhn.” is a male mounted on card and with aedeagus dissected; its left fore tibia completely and right funicle beyond the first segment are missing. It bears the handwritten label: “ L: siculus Dej., Sicilia, Chev.”, and fits description with type locality as Sicilia et Lycopolis Africae. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, 3, Lixus siculus Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”.

Remarks. This species is related to Lixus capiomonti Faust, 1883 .

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.

Faust, J. (1883) Neue asiatische Russelkafer. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitrschrift, 27 (2): 193 - 208.

SMNH

Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Lixus