Webbia cornuta Schedl

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3875 (1), pp. 1-82 : 62

132. Webbia cornuta Schedl

(Figs 31–32)

Webbia cornutus Schedl, 1942c: 183 .

Thai distribution: C: Trat; N: Chiang Mai ( Beaver & Browne 1975), Phetchabun; N-E: Chaiyaphum; S: (unspecified southern province) ( Sittichaya et al. 2012), Chumphon, Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

New records: Chaiyaphum, Phu Khieo WS, vii.2005 (J. Hulcr et al.) (3); Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Univ., 300 m, EtOH trap, 21.ii.–14.iii., 14.iii.–4.iv.2005 (W. Puranasakul) (2): Chumphon, Muang Distr. , 10 o 25' 45'' N, 99 o 03' 38'' E, EtOH trap in durian plantation, 1.ix.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (1); Thung Tako Distict, 10° 0 7' 30.0'' N, 99° 03' 48.0'' E, 23 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.x.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (2); Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Chang Klang Distr. , 08° 21' 33.7'' N, 99° 39' 02.9'' E, 60 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xi.2009 (1); Phetchabun, Thung Salaeng Luang NP, Gang Wang Nam Yen, 16° 35.789' N, 100° 52.769' E, 732 m, pine forest, MT, 29.vi–6.vii.2007 (Pongpitak & Sathit) (1); Trat, 42km E Trat, nr beach, ex Eugenia , 13.iv.1994 ( R. A. Beaver) (4). Other distribution: Malaysia (E. & W.) . (3)

Biology: Associated with Dipterocarpaceae . As in W.biformis , brood size can be large (up to 87) ( Beaver & Browne 1979).