The identification of Scolytus fagi Walsh has been difficult because of the lack of diagnostic literature, the occurrence wickelfalzrohre of several morphologically similar sympatric Scolytus species and the loss of the syntypes.In an effort to reduce taxonomic mz7lh3t8hmlt confusion, we designate a neotype for S.fagi, redescribe the male and female, add new distributional records and create a key for the identification of eastern Scolytus species.