Webbia trigintispinata Sampson, 1922 Fig. 81A, B, E
Webbia 14-spinatus [sic] Sampson, 1922: 149.
Webbia 26-spinatus [sic] Sampson, 1922: 149. Synonymy: Browne, 1963: 57.
Webbia trigintispinatus [sic] Sampson. Browne, 1968b: 133.
Webbia vigintisexspinata Sampson. Corrected name.
Webbia mucronatus Eggers, 1927b: 107. syn. nov.
Type material.
Holotype Webbia trigintispinata (NHMUK). Holotype Webbia mucronatus (NMNH).
New records.
Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Galle district, Kanneliya, 250 m, 23.v.1975, S.L. Wood, collected from log (NMNH, 1). Kalutara district, Morapitiya, 250 m, 27.v.1975, S.L. Wood, misc. hosts (NMNH, 1). Vietnam: Cochinchine, F. de Thuc-Trong, 1934, Caresche (MNHN, 2).
Diagnosis.
3.0 mm long (mean = 3.0 mm; n = 5); 3.0 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the margin of declivity with 13-15 teeth on each side; declivital face with the vermiculate ridge on interstriae 1 strongly raised in middle of declivity, and with three or four rows of tubercles lateral to it; and elytral disc shiny to upper margin of declivity, apart from grooves between marginal teeth.
Similar species.
Webbia dipterocarpi, W. duodecimspinata, W. quatuordecimspinata .
Distribution.
Cambodia, India (Andaman Is, Assam), Indonesia (Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka*, Thailand, Vietnam.
Host plants.
Associated with Dipterocarpaceae ( Dipterocarpus, Dryobalanops, Hopea, Shorea) (Beeson 1961; Ohno 1990).
Remarks.
The species name 26-spinatus is an incorrect original spelling which is here corrected to vigintisexspinata . The corrected name is a subjective synonym of Webbia trigintispinata . Images of the W. mucronatus holotype were examined by all authors and found to be conspecific with the W. trigintispinata holotype and non-type specimens. It is here placed in synonymy.