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Lixus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Lixus was named by Fabricius (1801). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lixinae, Lixini.

It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1801); to Fracticornes by Latreille (1802); to Curculionidae by Piton (1940); and to Lixini by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Legalov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Lixus Fabricius p. 498
1802Lixus Latreille p. 199
1940Lixus Piton p. 200
2011Lixus Bouchard et al. p. 620
2015Lixus Legalov p. 1496

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyLixinaeSchonherr 1823
tribeLixiniSchonherr 1823
genusLixus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lixus Fabricius 1801
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Subg. Lixus (Eulixus) Reitter 1916
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Lixus (Eulixus) balazuci Voisin and Nel 1993
Lixus ligniticus Piton 1940
Lixus paraplecticus Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available