Lixus

Lixus scabricollis, from UK Beetle Recording.

Belongs within: Lixinae.

Lixus is a genus of elongate weevils, their elytra at least twice as long as their combined length, with a cylindrical rostrum, triangular to kidney-shaped eyes whose lower edge is close to the ventral edge of the rostrum, and basally conjoined claws.

Lixus Fabricius 1801 M94
    |--L. (Lixus) M94
    |    |--*L. (L.) paraplecticus (Linnaeus 1758) M94, L58 [=Curculio paraplecticus M94]
    |    `--L. (L.) sulcirostris [=Curculio (L.) sulcirostris] G20
    |--L. (Compsolixus) nubianus Capiomont 1874 HF03
    |--L. (Dilixellus) HF03
    |    |--L. (D.) bardanae (Fabricius 1793) HF03
    |    `--L. (D.) vilis (Rossi 1790) HF03
    |--L. (Epimeces) HF03
    |    |--L. (E.) cardui (Olivier 1808) HF03
    |    |--L. (E.) constrictus Boheman 1836 HF03
    |    `--L. (E.) lutescens Capiomont 1874 HF03
    |--L. (Eulixus) scabricollis Boheman 1843 HF03
    `--L. (Ortholixus) curvirostris Capiomont 1874 HF03

Lixus incertae sedis:
  L. affinis Lucas 1847 E12
  L. anguinus L02
  L. australis Dejean in Boisduval 1835 B35
  L. bimaculatus Lucas 1847 E12
  L. biskrensis G89
  L. brevicaudatus Lucas 1847 E12
  L. breweri Pascoe 1874 M86
  L. coarctatus Lucas 1847 E12
  L. farinosus Dupont in Boisduval 1835 B35
  L. immundus Bohem. 1859 M86
  L. isselii Gestro 1889 G89
  L. lineola B35
  L. mastersi Pascoe 1874 M86
  L. octolineatus [=Curculio octolineatus] B35
  L. parcus G05
  L. wagneri Lucas 1847 E12

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l’Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.

[G89] Gestro, R. 1889. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso «Esploratore» dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 5–72.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[G05] Grissell, E. E. 2005. A review of North American species of Microdontomerus Crawford (Torymidae: Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 14 (1): 22–65.

[HF03] Halperin, J., & J. Fremuth. 2003. Contribution to the knowledge of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) and their host plants in Israel. Zoology in the Middle East 29: 93–100.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (3): 585–686.

[M94] May, B. M. 1994. An introduction to the immature stages of Australian Curculionoidea. In: Zimmerman, E. C. Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) vol. 2. Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae and a chapter on immature stages by Brenda May pp. 365–728. CSIRO Australia.