Loboscelidia atra
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Loboscelidia
Name
Loboscelidia atra Krombein – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Loboscelidia atra Krombein 1983[1]: 52. Holotype male; Sri Lanka: Sabaragamuwa Prov., Ratnapura Dist., Sinharaja Jungle (USNM).
Material studied
Only the holotype was seen.
Diagnosis
This is one of several species with a well-developed, complete scrobal sulcus. A combination of features will separate Loboscelidia atra from these other species, including the rectangular frontal projection (in lateral view), scape more than 3× as long as broad, cu-a vein less than half as long as R, Rs twice as long as R, and metanotum half as long as the scutellum.
Taxon Treatment
- Kimsey, L; 2012: Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae) ZooKeys, 213: 1-40. doi
Other References
- ↑ Krombein K (1983) Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps: A monograph of the Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 376: 1-79. doi: 10.5479/si.00810282.376