Larinus senilis (Fabricius, 1801)

Gültekin, Levent & Perrin, Hélène, 2006, The species of Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) described by J. Desbrochers: lectotype designations and new synonymies, Zootaxa 1350, pp. 55-68 : 60

Larinus senilis (Fabricius, 1801) var. rubripes Desbrochers, 1892

Larinus senilis (Fabricius) var. rubripes Desbrochers, 1892b: 93

In the description, Desbrochers does not indicate the size. He just precises it is described on a single specimen from Attica (“cette variẻtẻ est ẻtablie sur un exemplaire de l’Attique”).

Type. The female holotype bears the printed label “Attica”, handwritten “ v. rubripes (genei)” and “ type ” and has been labelled “ Holotypus Ψ, Larinus senilis v. rubripes Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2005” [on red paper]; “ Larinus ursus (F.), L. Gültekin det. 2005”. It is pinned through the right elytron and intact.

Remarks. It is evident that Larinus senilis var. rubripes Desbrochers is conspecific with Larinus ursus (Fabricius) , so that the current synonymy of L. rubripes with L. brevis (Herbst, 1795) is incorrect. The following new synonymy is here established: Larinus ursus (Fabricius, 1792) [= Larinus senilis var. rubripes Desbrochers, 1892 syn. n.].