Webbia pabo Sampson, 1922

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 pabo Sampson, 1922 Fig. 80E, F, K

Webbia pabo Sampson, 1922: 150.

Type material.

Holotype (NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

2.3-2.5 mm long (mean = 2.5 mm; n = 4); 3.29-3.57 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the circumdeclivital margin denticulate; declivital face bearing a large spine that is as broad at apex as base; and an acute spine at elytral apex arising from the sutural interstriae.

Similar species.

Webbia biformis , W. diversicauda .

Distribution.

‘Borneo’, China (Xizang, Yunnan), India (Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand), Indonesia (Maluku), East Malaysia, Thailand.

Host plants.

Associated with Dipterocarpaceae ( Anisoptera , Dipterocarpus , Dryobalanops , Shorea ) ( Beaver and Browne 1975; Ohno 1990).

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).