Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius)

Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Curculionidae of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 73-146 : 93

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5157282
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scientific name	Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius)
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10. Cylas fonnicarius (Fabricius) (pl. 6, D).

Brentus formicarius Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl., 74, 1798.

Cylas turcipennis Boheman, in Schoenherr's Gen. Spec. Cure. 1: 369, 1833.

The color-form elegantulus (Summers) with steel-blue elytra, red legs, antennae, prothorax and mesothorax was taken as follows: four from Piti , one, May 10, 1936, Usinger ; one, from sweet-potato vines, Nov. 17, Swezey ; and two swept from morning-glory vine on sugar cane, Sept. 1, Swezey .

This species is a well-known tropicopolitan pest of sweet potatoes.