Fortiborus major (Stebbing) Stebbing, 2010

Hulcr, Jiri, 2010, New genera of Palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on congruence between morphological and molecular characters, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 1-33 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.199742
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5621860
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/474887DD-FFDE-FFBA-90BA-6BA6A5B4FAFC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Fortiborus major (Stebbing)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Fortiborus major (Stebbing) , comb. n.

Xyleborus major Stebbing, 1909 View in CoL

Xyleborus siclus Schedl, 1936 View in CoL d syn. n.

Specimens examined. F. m a jo r: India, Bengal, Buxa (compared to type by Schedl, NHMW). X. siclus View in CoL : Malaysia, Selangor (holotype, NHMW); Malaysia (BMNH, 3 indiv.).

Comments. A series of nearly identical specimens from Malaysia in BMNH and NHMW is inconsistently labeled X. major or X. siclus . The holotypes of X. siclus and that of Fortiborus major are indistinguishable in all important characters.