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Issue: Vol. 1350 No. 1: 2 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1350.1.5
Page range: 55–68
Abstract views: 36
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The species of Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) described by J. Desbrochers : lectotype designations and new synonymies

Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 25240 Erzurum, TURKEY
Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 25240 Erzurum, TURKEY
Coleoptera Curculionidae Lixinae Larinus holotypus lectotypus Desbrochers new synonymies emendation.

Abstract

Based on a study of the types of species described by J. Desbrochers in the genus Larinus Dejean, several nomenclatural changes are proposed. Lectotypes are designated (or Holotypes recognized) for the following species names: Larinus stricticollis Desbrochers, L. interruptus Desbrochers, L. breviusculus Desbrochers, L. villosiventris Desbrochers, L. villosicollis Desbrochers, L. distinguendus Desbrochers, L. senilis (Fabricius) var. rubripes Desbrochers, L. crassiusculus Desbrochers, L. obesulus Desbrochers, L. sacer Desbrochers, L. hierolosymae Desbrochers, L. cribricollis Desbrochers, L. elegans Desbrochers, L. densicollis Desbrochers, L. akbesianus Desbrochers, L. rugithorax Desbrochers, L. tauricus Desbrochers. Eight new synonymies are proposed: Larinus ursus (Fabricius, 1792) [= Larinus senilis (Fabricius) var. rubripes Desbrochers, 1892 syn. n. ]; Larinus fucatus Faust, 1891 [= Larinus sacer Desbrochers,1896 syn. n. ]; Larinus brenskei Faust, 1890 [= Larinus akbesianus Desbrochers, 1897 syn. n.]; Larinus crassiusculus Desbrochers, 1895 [= Larinus khnzoriani Ter-Minassian, 1962, syn. n.]; Larinus lederi Faust, 1889 [= Larinus cribricollis Desbrochers, 1896, syn. n.]; Larinus sturnus (Schaller, 1783) [= Larinus rugithorax Desbrochers, 1897, syn. n.]; Larinus sibiricus Gyllenhal, 1836 [=Larinus distinguendus Desbrochers, 1892 syn. n.]; Larinus cardopatii Lucas, 1849 [=Larinus densicollis Desbrochers, 1897 syn. n. ]. The name of Larinus hierolosymae Desbrochers, 1896 is corrected and become Larinus hierosolymae Desbrochers, 1896 [emendation]. Larinus obesulus Desbrochers, 1896 is assigned to the subgenus Cryphopus Petri, 1907. Larinus villosicollis Desbrochers, 1892 and L. hierosolymae Desbrochers, 1896 are placed in the subgenus Phyllonomeus Gistel, 1856. Larinus tauricus Desbrochers, 1897 belongs to the subgenus Larinomesius Reitter, 1924. At the present time, the types of three species are not located : Larinus rufipes Desbrochers, 1870, Larinus numidicus Desbrochers, 1892 and Larinus minutus Gyllenhal var. minutissimus Desbrochers, 1891.

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