Larinus crassiusculus Desbrochers, 1895

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 : 61

Larinus crassiusculus Desbrochers, 1895

Larinus crassiusculus Desbrochers, 1895: 93

In the description, Desbrochers indicates “Long. 9­10; lat. 5­6 mill.” and “Akbẻs, rapportẻ par M. Delagrange de qui je l’ai reçu, ainsi que de MM. Staudinger et Bang­Haas”.

Types. The male designated as lectotype bears the labels “ Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1891” [printed, C.D. for Ch. Delagrange] and “ crassiusculus Db , 1.80”, “ type ” [handwritten] and has been labelled “ Lectotypus ɗ, Larinus crassiusculus Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2004” [printed on red paper]. Four other males and one female in Desbrochers’ collection are designated as paralectotypes and labelled accordingly as “ Paralectotypus ɗ/Ψ, Larinus crassiusculus Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2004” [printed on red paper]: female pinned through right elytron and intact “[golden square label]”, “ crassiusculus m.” [handwritten]; male pinned through right elytron and with right middle tibia and tarsus, half part of third segment and claw segments of the fore left tarsus and left hind tarsus missing “[golden square label]”; male pinned through right elytron and intact “ Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1891” [printed]; male pinned through right elytron and with left hind leg missing “ Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1891” [printed]; male pinned through right elytron and intact “ Syrie, Akbẻs, Ch. Delagrange, Etẻ 1890” [printed]. Another male in the “M. Pic, ex. Delagrange” collection, pinned through right elytron and with hind left leg missing and labelled “ Syrie, Akbes, Cd. 1891” [printed], “[pink rounded label]”, “ crassiusculus m.” “ Type ” [printed on red paper] is also designated as paralectotype and labelled “ Paralectotypus ɗ, Larinus crassiusculus Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2004” [on red paper]. Another male standing under the name crassiusculus together with the syntypes does not belong to the type series, having been collected two years after the description of the species, in southern Turkey (labelled “ Asia minor, Gülek, Taur. Cilic., 1897, Holtz”).

Remarks. Larinus khnzoriani Ter­Minassian, 1962 is conspecific with Larinus crassiusculus Desbrochers, 1895 , the types of both having been examined by the senior author. Thus, the following new synonymy is here proposed: Larinus crassiusculus Desbrochers, 1895 [= Larinus khnzoriani Ter­Minassian, 1962 syn. n.]. This species is related to L. curtus Hochhuth, 1851 and L. palaestinus Talamelli, 1999 . A redescription of it is in preparation for a forthcoming revision of some species groups of Larinus .