Schedlia sumatrana (Hagedorn, 1908)

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 sumatrana (Hagedorn, 1908) Fig. 73C, D, F

Xyleborus sumatranus Hagedorn, 1908: 381.

Schedlia sumatrana (Hagedorn): Browne 1950: 642.

Type material.

The holotype was destroyed in the bombing of UHZM in World War II ( Wood and Bright 1992).

Diagnosis.

4.8-5.3 mm long (mean = 4.96 mm; n = 5); 2.18-2.41 × as long as wide. This species can be diagnosed by the larger size; and a pair of large spines on basal 1/3 of declivity.

Similar species.

Schedlia allecta .

Distribution.

Indonesia (Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.

Host plants.

The species has been recorded only from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae ( Balanocarpus , Dipterocarpus , Dryobalanops , Hopea , Shorea , Vatica ) ( Browne 1961a, c).

Remarks.

Browne (1961b) notes that broods tend to be small (from 8-18 individuals), and that the life cycle may be completed in 3-4 weeks.

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).