Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293282
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6199823
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scientific name	Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835
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Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835 View in CoL

Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1835: 73 View in CoL

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

Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Subtilis , Sturm, 25–139, Bhn.” is a female in good shape pinned through the right elytron bearing the handwritten label: “ L: subtilis , St: Banat, Sturm”, and fitting description with type locality as Bannat. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus subtilis Boh., Gültekin des. 2006”.

Remarks. The species is closely related to Lixus incanescens Boheman but differs by the larger punctation on the pronotum and shape of aedeagus at apex.

References

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.