Lixus gemellatus Gyllenhal, 1835

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 10

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scientific name	Lixus gemellatus Gyllenhal, 1835
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Lixus gemellatus Gyllenhal, 1835 View in CoL

Lixus gemellatus Gyllenhal, 1835: 6 View in CoL

Current status: Lixus gemellatus View in CoL at Gyllenhal, 1835 is a junior synonym of L. iridis Olivier, 1807 View in CoL .

Type. In Schoenherr’s collection at SMNH, under the name “ Gemellatus , Gyllenhal., 5-5, Ghl.” is a female in good condition pinned through right elytron bearing the handwritten label: “ Germania, Schneider, Mus: Ghl.”, and fitting description with type locality as Germania. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus gemellatus Gyll., Gültekin des. 2006”, “ Lixus iridis Ol .. Gültekin det. 2006”.

Remarks. Gemminger and Harold (1871) first established Lixus gemellatus Gyllenhal as a synonym of L. iridis Olivier.

References

Gemminger M. & Harold E. von. (1871) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Vol. 8. Curculionidae. Monachii, E. H. Gummi (G. Beck). Pp. 2183 - 2668 [+ 11 pp.].

Gyllenhal, L. (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.