Lixus confinis Petri, 1904

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 7

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199799

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D0482B-FF8A-C503-FF41-FEC9FD37FD4B

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scientific name

Lixus confinis Petri, 1904
status

 

Lixus confinis Petri, 1904 View in CoL

Lixus confinis Petri, 1904: 187 View in CoL

Current status: Lixus confinis Petri, 1904 View in CoL is a junior synonym of Lixus kraatzi Capiomont, 1875 .

Type. In Reitter’s collection at HNHM is a male (mounted on card with the aedeagus dissected, right middle leg and all claws except those of left fore legs missing) bearing the labels: “Turkestan, Reitter.Leder” printed, “ confinis n. sp. ” handwritten, “ Holotypus, 1904, Lixus (Phillixus) confinis Petri ” red brimmed museum label, “Coll. Reitter” printed, fitting the description of type locality as “Turkestan”. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, 3, Lixus confinis Petri, Gültekin des. 2008”, “ Lixus kraatzi Cap., Gültekin det. 2008”.

Remarks. Lixus confinis is a junior synonym of Lixus kraatzi Capiomont, 1875 , syn. n. This species can be easily recognized by a hook shaped, produced apex of aedeagus, distinctly divergent claws, curved rostrum, and densely puncturated pronotum.

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Lixus

Loc

Lixus confinis Petri, 1904

Gültekin, Levent 2010
2010
Loc

Lixus confinis

Petri 1904: 187
1904
Loc

Lixus confinis

Petri 1904
1904
Loc

Lixus kraatzi

Capiomont 1875
1875
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