Abstract
A search for Lixini (Curculionidae: Lixinae) species housed in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris and the Swedish Natural History Museum, Stockholm allowed the study of a part of the G. -A. Olivier collection. Lectotypes are designated for Larinus centaurii (Olivier, 1807), Larinus cuniculus (Olivier, 1807), Larinus gravidus (Olivier, 1807), Larinus carthami (Olivier, 1807), Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807, Lixus iridis Olivier, 1807, Lixus recurvus Olivier, 1807 and Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807. The following new synonymies and homonymies become evident: Larinus centaurii (Olivier, 1807) [= L. ungulatus Gyllenhal, 1835 syn. nov., L. centaureae Becker, 1864 nom. nud., L. beckeri Petri, 1907 syn. nov.]; Larinus cuniculus (Olivier, 1807) [= L. marki Ter-Minassian, 1982 syn. nov.]; Larinus ursus (Fabricais, 1792) [= L. cuniculus Walker, 1871 hom. nov. nec L. cuniculus (Olivier, 1807) syn. nov.]; Larinus gravidus (Olivier, 1807) [= L. schoe-nherri Capiomont, 1874 syn. nov.]; Larinus carthami (Olivier, 1807) [= L. crassus Capiomont, 1874 syn. nov., L. griseotessellatus Capiomont, 1874 syn. nov.; L. breviusculus Desbrochers, 1892 syn. nov.]; Lixus recurvus Olivier, 1807 [= L. nordmanni Hochhuth, 1847 syn. nov.]; Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807 [= L. lycophoeus Boheman, 1835 syn. nov. ].
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