Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae)
Author
Kimsey, Lynn S.
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.213.2985
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.213.2985
1313-2970-213-1
Loboscelidia novoguineana Kimsey
Loboscelidia novoguineana
Kimsey 1988
: 74. Holotype male; Papua New Guinea, East Highlands, Aiyura (BPBM).
Material studied.
Papua New Guinea: Mt. Suckling (1 male, CNC); Ivimka Res. Station, Lakekamu Basin (3 males, BME); 5 males were seen, including the holotype.
Diagnosis.
As discussed under
Loboscelidia nigricephala
,
Loboscelidia novoguineana
is one of five species with a wide flattened frontal projection. It can be distinguished from these species by the partial notauli, scrobal sulcus indicated by a scrobal pit or several pits, and the fore, mid and hindtibial flanges present and narrower than the respective tibiae. This is the only
Loboscelidia
species described from New Guinea but there surely must be more.