Lixus confinis Petri, 1904

Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 2411, pp. 1-21 : 7

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scientific name	Lixus confinis Petri, 1904
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Lixus confinis Petri, 1904: 187

Current status: Lixus confinis Petri, 1904 is a junior synonym of Lixus kraatzi Capiomont, 1875 .

Type. In Reitter’s collection at HNHM is a male (mounted on card with the aedeagus dissected, right middle leg and all claws except those of left fore legs missing) bearing the labels: “Turkestan, Reitter.Leder” printed, “ confinis n. sp. ” handwritten, “ Holotypus, 1904, Lixus (Phillixus) confinis Petri ” red brimmed museum label, “Coll. Reitter” printed, fitting the description of type locality as “Turkestan”. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, 3, Lixus confinis Petri, Gültekin des. 2008 ”, “ Lixus kraatzi Cap., Gültekin det. 2008 ”.

Remarks. Lixus confinis is a junior synonym of Lixus kraatzi Capiomont, 1875 , syn. n. This species can be easily recognized by a hook shaped, produced apex of aedeagus, distinctly divergent claws, curved rostrum, and densely puncturated pronotum.