Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807

Gültekin, Levent & Perrin, Hélène, 2011, Study of a part of the A. G. Olivier Lixini collection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): lectotype designations, new synonymies and nomenclatural acts, Zootaxa 2943, pp. 45-57 : 52-55

Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807

Figs. 13–14 , 23 .

Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807: 249 ; pl. 30, fig. 453.

Original description. “ L. rostro elongato carinato, cinereus, thorace vittis tribus fuscis intermedia obsoleta. Lixo Ascanii paulo major et crassior. Antenna cinerascentes. Rostrum inflexum, fere longitudine thoracis linea dorsali elevata. Corpus cinereum. Thorax vix rugosus postice foveola impressa dorso fusco lineis duabus lateribusque albicantibus. Elytra striata cinerea fusco punctata marginibus albicantibus. Corpus subtus pedesque cinerea femoribus muticis".

Type locality. “Paris”.

Types. In a box in the MNHN recently given by Olivier’s family to the Museum are two females. The first, pinned through the right elytron, bears the labels “COLLECTION OLIVIER TYPE ” printed on green round paper, “Cleonis, myagri . Ol., C. Olivier, [P.]” handwritten and “MUSEUM PARIS, Famille Olivier, leg. 1995”, “ MNHN EC 1942” printed. The letter [P.] on the label is surely an abbreviation of Paris which is the type locality, so that the specimen, agreeing with both description and type locality is here designated as the lectotype with: “LECTOTY- PUS Ƥ, Lixus myagri Olivier, Gültekin & Perrin des. 2010”. The second female pinned through the right elytron bears the labels “COLLECTION OLIVIER TYPE ” printed on green round paper and “MUSEUM PARIS, Famille Olivier, leg. 1995”, and is here designated as the paralectotype with: “ PARALECTOTYPUS Ƥ, Lixus myagri Olivier, Gültekin & Perrin des. 2010”.

Remarks. This species was always recognized by subsequent authors. Lixus lycophoeus Boheman, 1835 , misspelled as “ lycophorus ” by Gemminger & Harold (1871: 2416) firstly, Desbrochers (1904: 102) and Csiki (1934: 120 and 144) repeated this misspelling, and Csiki (1934) placed this name as a synonym of Lixus meles Boheman, 1835 . However, examination of type material of L. lycophoeus revealed that it is the same species to L. myagri , and the following synonymy must be established: Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807 [= L. lycophoeus Boheman, 1835 , syn. nov.].

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 16. Lectotypes. 13 – 14, Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807; 15 – 16, Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807.

FIGURES 21 – 24. Labels of lectotypes. 21. Lixus iridis Olivier, 1807; 22. Lixus recurvus Olivier, 1807; 23. Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807; 24. Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807.