Notes on Scolytus fagi Walsh, 1867 with the designation of a neotype, distribution notes and a key to Scolytus Geoffroy of America east of the Mississippi River (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Scolytini)
The identification of Scolytus fagi Walsh has been difficult because of the here lack of diagnostic literature, the occurrence of several morphologically similar sympatric Scolytus species and the loss of the syntypes.In an click here effort to reduce taxonomic confusion, we designate a neotype for S.fagi, redescribe the male and female, add new di