Larinus densicollis Desbrochers, 1897

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 : 64

Larinus densicollis Desbrochers, 1897

Larinus densicollis Desbrochers, 1897: 29

In the description, Desbrochers indicates “Long. 8 mill.”, “Algẻrie, Mẻcheria, des chasses de M. le Docteur Chobaut qui a bien voulu me communiquer cette espèce et en enrichir ma collection d’un exemplaire,” “le ɗ, sur lequel a ẻtẻ faite cette description...” and at the end “l’exemplaire que j’ai sous les yeux est un peu frottẻ...”. That means he had a single specimen for this description (and maybe, Dr. Chobaut collected several specimens, but they cannot be considered as “ syntypes ”).

Type. The female holotype bears the handwritten labels “Mẻcheria”, “d. Chobaut”, “ densicollis Fr 6.97 m ”. and “ type ” and has been labelled “ Holotypus Ψ, Larinus densicollis Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2005” [on red paper], “ Larinus cardopatii Lucas, L. Gültekin det. 2005”. It is pinned through the right elytron near the base, slightly spreading apart the elytra, and the right mesothoracic leg is missing.

Remarks. The mention “Fr 6.97” is a reference to the description. Although the original description specified the specimen to be male, it is really female. Apparently, the secondary sexual differences were not recognized by Desbrochers when he had a single specimen (see above for Larinus distinguendus ). Larinus densicollis Desbrochers, 1897 is conspecific with Larinus cardopatii Lucas, 1849 necessitating the following new synonymy: Larinus cardopatii Lucas, 1849 [= Larinus densicollis Desbrochers, 1897 syn. n.].