Webbia diversicauda

Taxonomic history

Webbia diversecauda Browne, 1972: 26.

Diagnosis

2.75−2.9 mm long (mean = 2.83 mm; n = 5); 3.5−3.73 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the circumdeclivital margin denticulatedenticulate:
covered in denticles
; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
face bearing a large triangular spinespine:
an elongate projection of the exoskeleton that is longer than its basal width
that is as much broader at apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
than basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
; basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
of spinespine:
an elongate projection of the exoskeleton that is longer than its basal width
narrow, occupying approximately a quarter of declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
length; acute spinespine:
an elongate projection of the exoskeleton that is longer than its basal width
at elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
arising from the second interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
, distinctly separated from the suture; discaldiscal:
pertaining to the disc of either the pronotum or elytra
interstriae 1 prolonged into a short spinespine:
an elongate projection of the exoskeleton that is longer than its basal width
over the declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
.

May be confused with

Webbia biformis and W. pabo

Distribution

West Malaysia, Thailand

Host plants

unknown (Smith et al. 2020bSmith et al. 2020b:
Smith SM, Beaver RA, and Cognato AI. 2020b. A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China. ZooKeys 983: 1-442. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630)

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing