Published December 31, 2010 | Version v1
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Lixus obesus Petri 1904

Description

Lixus obesus Petri, 1904

Lixus obesus Petri, 1904: 70

Current status: Lixus obesus Petri, 1904 is a valid species

Type. In Reitter’s collection at HNHM, is a pinned female bearing the labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter” printed, “ Lixus obesus n. sp. Petri” handwritten, “ Holotypus, 1904, Lixus obesus Petri ” red brimmed museum label, and fitting the description with type locality as Caucasus. It is here designated as lectotype with “ Lectotypus, Ƥ, Lixus obesus Petri., Gültekin des. 2008”. Seven males and four females bear the labels: “Caucasus, Araxesthal, Leder.Reitter”, “ Paratypus, 1904, Lixus obesus Petri ” red brimmed museum label, and are all here designated as paralectotypes with “ Paralectotypus, Lixus obesus Petri., Gültekin des. 2008”. A male and a female paralectotype were remounted and aedeagus dissected.

Remarks. This species is related to L. hypocrita (see above). In the same museum a female with label “ Montenegro, Westliches, Reitter” has been examined. Thus, L. obesus is a new record for Montenegro.

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Published as part of Gültekin, Levent, 2010, Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2411 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293282

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Biodiversity

Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Lixus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Petri
Species
obesus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lixus obesus Petri, 1904 sec. Gültekin, 2010