Ficicis despectus (Walker)

Rabaglia, Robert J., Beaver, Roger A., Johnson, Andrew J., Schmaedick, Mark A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2020, The bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of American Samoa, Zootaxa 4808 (1), pp. 171-195 : 178

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scientific name	Ficicis despectus (Walker)
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Ficicis despectus (Walker) View in CoL

Hylesinus despectus Walker, 1859: 261 View in CoL .

Ficicis despectus (Walker) View in CoL : Wood 1992: 82.

Hylesinus samoanus Schedl, 1951: 142 View in CoL . Synonymy: Wood 1992: 82.

Schedl (1951a) described this species as Hylesinus samoanus View in CoL based on specimens from Tutuila (Afono trail, Amouli and Fagatogo) and Samoa. The species occurs throughout the Oriental region and eastwards to New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Current survey records: American Samoa: Tutuila Isl.: Iliili, Malaeimi.

References

Schedl, K. E. (1951 a) Fauna Samoanus (Scolytoidea), I. 109. Contribution to the morphology and taxonomy of the Scolytoidea. Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 20, 131 - 156

Walker, F. (1859) Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 3, 258 - 265.