Ficicis despectus (Walker, 1859)

Species Taxonomy

Scolytinae > Hylesinini > Ficicis

Synonyms

  • Hylesinus despectus Walker, 1859
  • Hylesinus granulifer Motschulsky, 1863
  • Hylesinus scobipennis Chapuis, 1869
  • Hylesinus similis Eggers, 1923
  • Hylesinus samoanus Schedl, 1951
  • Hylesinus latior Schedl, 1951

Taxonomy Comments

Wood & Bright (1992: 90) treated Ficicis porcatus Chapuis as a synonym of F. despectus Walker. Consequently the distribution and hosts lists in their catalog cannot be attributed to either species except for the type localities of the numerous synonyms of both. Beaver & Liu (2010:15) resurrected F. porcatus and stated that it has a more easterly distribution than F. despectus. On that basis localities from India and Indochina listed by Wood & Bright (1992) are attributed to F. despectus while those from Indonesia, the Phillipines and Pacific Islands are referred to F. porcatus. Beaver and Liu (2010) did not discuss Hylesinus samoanus which was described from Samoa.

Hosts

None

References

  • Text Code: Walker 1859 | Author: Walker, F. | Year: 1859 | Source: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3

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Summary

Countries and Occurrance Count
  • India: 8
  • Sri Lanka: 3
  • Samoa: 2
  • Indonesia: 1
  • Myanmar (Burma): 1
  • Vietnam: 1

All Locations

CountryStateDescriptionLatitudeLongitude
Sri LankaCentral ProvinceSri Lanka (country / region)7.4195480.6852
Sri LankaCentral ProvinceSri Lanka (country / region)7.4195480.6852
Myanmar (Burma)Mandalay RegionMyanmar (country / region)21.189696.1001
IndiaAndaman and Nicobar IslandsAndaman Islands11.87492.6518
IndiaAssamAssam (region / admin. unit)26.14992.9939
IndiaKarnatakaKarnataka (region / admin. unit)14.214575.8924
IndiaKeralaKerala (region / admin. unit)10.512976.4561
IndiaMaharashtraMaharashtra (region / admin. unit)19.382376.2329
IndiaNicobar Islands7.664293.597
IndiaTamil NaduTamil Nadu (region / admin. unit)10.880478.4003
IndiaUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh (state)27.128480.6753
Sri LankaDes Montagues de Nura-Ellianot availablenot available
IndonesiaSumatranot availablenot available
SamoaTapatapaonot availablenot available
SamoaTapatapaonot availablenot available
VietnamTonkin Islandnot availablenot available

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