Schedlia allecta (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

Schedlia allecta (Schedl, 1942) Fig. 73A, B, E

Xyleborus allectus Schedl, 1942c: 33.

Schedlia allecta (Schedl): Browne, 1950: 642.

Type material.

Holotype (NHMW).

New records.

Cambodia: Pursat, Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Pramsoy, forest edge, 16.xi.2005, K. Smets, I. Var, light trapping (IRSNB, 5; RABC, 1).

Diagnosis.

4.2-4.65 mm long (mean = 4.45 mm; n = 5); 2.15-2.5 × as long as wide. This species is clearly distinguished from S. sumatrana by the lack of a pair of large spines on basal 1/3 of declivity; and smaller size.

Similar species.

Schedlia sumatrana .

Distribution.

Brunei, Cambodia*, Thailand, Vietnam.

Host plants.

Unknown, but likely a Dipterocarpaceae specialist.

Figures

Figure 73. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Schedlia allecta holotype, 4.2 - 4.65 mm (A, B, E), and S. sumatrana, 4.8 - 5.3 mm (C, D, F).