Webbia turbinata

Taxonomic history

Webbia turbinatus [sic] Maiti and Saha, 1986: 104.

Diagnosis

2.2−2.4 mm long; 3.14−3.2 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the circumdeclivital margin denticulatedenticulate:
covered in denticles
, elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
appearing rugoserugose:
appearing wrinkled
, striaestria:
punctures in rows, which may or may not be impressed to make grooves
1−3 distinctly impressedimpressed:
a depression in a surface
, interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
granulategranulate:
pertaining to a coarse, grainy surface texture
; strial punctures coarse, shallow, hairs arising from punctures rather coarse; short acute elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
process arising from declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
face not declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
margin; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apices weakly but distinctly divaricatedivaricate:
forked, divided into two branches
.

May be confused with

Webbia cornuta

Distribution

India (Andaman Is.), Thailand

Host plants

recorded from Dipterocarpus, Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) and Sapium (Euphorbiaceae) (Maiti and Saha 1986Maiti and Saha 1986:
Maiti PK, Saha N. 1986. Contributions to the knowledge of the bark and timber beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Papers 86: 1-182.)

DNA data

Specimens were not available for sequencing.