Webbia duodecimspinata Schedl, 1942

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 duodecimspinata Schedl, 1942 Fig. 80C, D, J

Webbia 12-spinatus [sic] Schedl, 1942a: 182.

Type material.

Lectotype (NHMW). Not examined.

Diagnosis.

3.1-3.5 mm long (mean = 3.27 mm; n = 5); 2.6-2.92 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the entire circumdeclivital margin armed with six spines on each side, lacking teeth on interstriae 2, 4, and 5, or these teeth much smaller than others; declivital face with a single vermiculate ridge on each side and a row of tubercles lateral to it.

Similar species.

Webbia dipterocarpi , W. quatuordecimspinata , W. trigintispinata .

Distribution.

West Malaysia, Thailand.

Host plants.

Associated with Dipterocarpaceae ( Dipterocarpus , Hopea , Shorea ) ( Beaver and Browne 1979; Beaver et al. 2014).

Remarks.

A brood of 107 offspring is recorded by Beaver and Browne (1979).

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).