Webbia diversicauda Browne, 1972

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2020, A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China, ZooKeys 983, pp. 1-442 : 1

Webbia diversicauda Browne, 1972 Fig. 80A, B, I

Webbia diversicauda Browne, 1972: 26.

Type material.

Holotype (NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

2.75-2.9 mm long (mean = 2.83 mm; n = 5); 3.5-3.73 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the circumdeclivital margin denticulate; declivital face bearing a large triangular spine that is much broader at apex than base; base of spine narrow, occupying approximately 1/4 of declivital length; acute spine at elytral apex arising from the second interstriae, distinctly separated from the suture; discal interstriae 1 prolonged into a short spine over the declivity.

Similar species.

Webbia biformis , W. pabo .

Distribution.

West Malaysia, Thailand.

Host plants.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 80. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Webbia diversicauda holotype, 2.75 - 2.9 mm (A, B, I), W. duodecimspinata, 3.1 - 3.5 mm (C, D, J), W. pabo, 2.3 - 2.5 mm (E, F, K), and W. quatuordecimspinata, 2.8 - 3.0 mm (G, H, L).