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
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.213.2985
1313-2970-213-1
Loboscelidia maai (Lin)
Scelidoloba maai
Lin 1964
: 238. Holotype female (not male); Taiwan: Paomingszu, 2 km s Keelung City (NMNS).
Loboscelidia artigena
Lin 1964
: 243. Holotype male; Taiwan: Paomingzu, 2 km s Keelung City (NMNS). Possible synonymy with
Loboscelidia maai
suggested by
Day (1979)
. New synonymy herein.
Loboscelidia latigena
Lin 1964
: 241. Holotype male; Taiwan: Tsaoshan, 20 km nw Taipei city (NMNS). Synonymized by
Kimsey and Bohart 1991
.
Material studied.
None.
Diagnosis.
This is one of four species, including
Loboscelidia brunnea
,
Loboscelidia maculipennis
and
Loboscelidia nitidula
, with the cervical expansion of the vertex flat in profile.
Loboscelidia maai
males can be distinguished from these species by having the scape less than 2.5
x
as long as broad, the presence of a scrobal sulcus, and the tibial flanges wider than the tubular part of the respective tibiae.