Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Types of forty-six species of Lixini of the genera Broconius Desbrochers, 1904, and Lixus Fabricius, 1801 were examined to evaluate their status, and lectotypes were designated (or holotypes recognized) when necessary. New synonyms, homonyms, combinations and new names were established as follows: Lixus Fabricius, 1801 (= Broconius Desbrochers, 1904 syn. n.), Lixus rectirostris Faust, 1890 (= Lixus rectirostris Desbrochers, 1904 hom et syn. n. = Broconius helenae Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 syn. n. = Lixus rectirostris Faust subsp. infrequens Hoffmann, 1954 syn. n.), Lixus kraatzi Capiomont, 1875 (= Lixus confinis Petri, 1904 syn. n.), Lixus isfahanensis nom. n. (= Larinus cylindrus (Hoffmann, 1963) not Lixus cylindrus (Fabricius, 1781) comb. et hom. n.), Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835 (Lixus lutescens Capiomont, 1875 syn. n. = Lixus operculifer Petri, 1904 syn. n. = Lixus ewaldi Alziar, 1978 syn. n.), Conorhynchus mixtus (Fabricius, 1792) (= Lixus semilunatus Petri, 1904 comb. et syn. n.), Lixus elegantulus Boheman, 1842 (= Lixus amplirostris Petri, 1904 syn. n. = Lixus colchicus Petri, 1904 syn. n. = Lixus convexicollis Petri, 1904 syn. n.), and Lixus nordmanni Hochhuth, 1847 (= Lixus iridis v. levantinus Petri, 1904 syn. n.).