Lixus colchicus Petri, 1904

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.293282
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199871
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scientific name	Lixus colchicus Petri, 1904
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Lixus colchicus Petri, 1904 View in CoL

Lixus colchicus Petri, 1904: 69 View in CoL

Current status: Lixus colchicus Petri, 1904 View in CoL is a junior synonym of L. elegantulus Boheman, 1842 View in CoL .

Type. In Reitter’s collection at HNHM, is a pinned female fitting the description with type locality as Caucasus and bearing labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter” printed, “ Lixus colchicus n. sp. Petri”, “ Holotypus, 1904, Lixus colchicus Petri ” red brimmed museum label. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus colchicus Petri., Gültekin des. 2008”, “ Lixus elegantulus Boh., Gültekin det. 2008”. A pinned male (remounted and aedeagus dissected) bears the labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter” printed, “ Paratypus, 1904, Lixus colchicus Petri ” red brimmed museum label, and is here designated as paralectotype with “ Paralectotypus, 3, Lixus colchicus Petri., Gültekin des. 2008”, “ Lixus elegantulus Boh., Gültekin det. 2008”.

Remarks. Dissection of the aedeagus reveals that Lixus colchicus is the same as Lixus elegantulus Boheman, 1842 . Thus the following new synonymy is proposed here: Lixus elegantulus Boheman, 1842 [= Lixus colchicus Petri, 1904 syn. n.]