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: 6

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

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.