Larinus breviusculus Desbrochers, 1892

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 : 58-59

Larinus breviusculus Desbrochers, 1892

Larinus breviusculus Desbrochers, 1892a: 12

In the description, Desbrochers indicates “Long. 12­14; lat. 5­7 mil.” and “Asie mineure, (M. Delagrange)”.

Types. Of the seven specimens in Desbrochers’ collection, a female in good condition and bearing the labels “ Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1891” [printed, CD for Ch. Delagrange], “ breviusculus ” and “ type ” [handwritten] has been designated as lectotype and labelled “ Lectotypus Ψ, Larinus breviusculus Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2005” [on red paper]. The remaining four males and two females have been designated paralectotypes and accordingly labelled “ Paralectotypus ɗ/Ψ, Larinus breviusculus Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin des. 2005” [on red paper]. They respectively bear the following labels: “sp.? pr. cynarae, breviusculus ” [handwritten] (a male pinned through right elytron and in good shape); “[golden square label]”, “ breviusculus ” (a male pinned through right elytron and with right middle leg missing); “Akbes” (a male); “H te Syrie ” (a female pinned through right elytron and missing right hind tarsal claw segment); “Syrie­Akbès, Ch. Delagrange, Eté 1890” (an intact male pinned through right elytron); “ Syrie, Akbes, C.D. 1891” [printed], “[round pink label, “ Type ” handwritten under this label]”, “ breviusculus Ψ” and “ type ” [printed on red paper] (an intact female in the “M. Pic, ex Delagrange” collection pinned through right elytron).

Remarks. Desbrochers (1892: 12, 1895: 92) used the name Larinus breviusculus twice for the same species. A specimen without label is in the “M. Pic, ex Delagrange” collection, but we are not sure whether it is part of the type series and have thus labelled it: “ Larinus breviusculus Desbr., Gültekin & Perrin det. 2005” and “ type series?”. Another male specimen, bearing the labels “ breviusculus var.” and “Mardin” [in red pencil], does not fit Desbrochers’ description of breviusculus and has thus been excluded from the type series and labelled “ Larinus sp. n. pr. tauricus Desbrochers, L. Gültekin det. 2005” [handwritten]. Desbrochers evidently thought it was a distinct variety but omitted to describe it. It belongs to the Larinus bardus Gyllenhal, 1836 species group and is closely related to L. tauricus Desbrochers, 1897 .