Loboscelidia meifungae
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Loboscelidia
Name
Loboscelidia meifungae Kimsey, 2012 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotype male: Borneo: Sarawak, sw Gunung Buda, 64 km s Linbang, 4°13'N, 114°56'E, 8–15 Nov. 1996, MT, Heydon & Fung (BME). Paratypes (44): 10 males, same data as holotype; 10 males: 16–28 Nov. 1996; 11 males: 22-28 Nov. 1996, MT, Heydon & Fung; 1 male: November 1996, Heydon & Fung; 1 male: 18 Nov. 1996, Heydon & Fung; 1 male: 23 Nov. 1996; Heydon & Fung; 1 male: Buda Camp, sw Gunung Buda, 64 km s Linbang, 4°11'N, 114°56'E, 4 Nov. 1996, MT, Heydon & Fung; 4 males: Malaysia: Sabah, Kinabalu NP, 800m, Poring Hot Springs Langanan Creek, 22/viii/1988, A. Smetana, B-138; 1 male: Poring Hot Springs, 520 m, 9/v/1987, A. Smetana; 1 male: 480–510 m, 30.viii/1988, A. Smetana, B163; 1 male: 510 m, 13/v/1987; 1 male: Kipungit Creek, 550 m, 26/viii/1988, A. Smetana; 1 male: Liwagu River Trail, 1550 m, 12/viii/1988, A. Smetana, B107 (BME, CNC).
Diagnosis
This species belongs in the group of species having a flat medial vein and notauli, including Loboscelidia defecta and Loboscelidia fulva. It can be distinguished from other members of the group by the triangular frontal projection, presence of a scrobal sulcus, cu-a present (shared with Loboscelidia fulva) and midtibial flange absent.
Male description
Body length 2.0–4.0 mm; forewing length 2.5–4.5 mm. Head (Fig. 12): length 1.8–2.0× height in side view; eye asetose; frontal projection triangular in front view; frons smooth to microstriate; vertex without transverse fovea, posterior expansion strongly curved in profile; frons without discrete carina or ridge extending from vertex along inner eye margin; gena without scale-like setae; scape with some striae, length 2.1–2.5× breadth; flagellomeres I and II length twice breadth; flagellomere XI length 4× breadth. Mesosoma: pronotal length 0.7–0.8× breadth, with lateral carina; scutum with notauli reaching posterior margin; scutellum with sublateral carina, with fine dense striae laterally; scrobal sulcus represented by series of pits; metanotum with medial ridge, impunctate laterally; propodeum without transverse dorsal carina; legs (Fig. 42) smooth, polished; forefemoral flange 0.5–0.7× femur length, flange maximum width 0.8-1.0× width of tubular part of femur; foretibial flange 0.6–0.9× femur length, flange maximum width 1.0–1.5 x width of tubular part of tibia; midfemoral flange 0.7–0.9× femur length, flange maximum width as wide as tubular part of femur; midtibial flange 0.7× femur length, flange maximum width 1.2× width of tubular part of tibia; hindfemoral flange 0.9× femur length, flange maximum width as wide as tubular part of femur; hindtibial flange 0.9× femur length, flange maximum width 1.7× width of tubular part of tibia; hindtibia with two longitudinal carinae on posterior margin; hindcoxa without longitudinal carina on inner medial surface; forewing (Fig. 30) R1 length 0.5–0.7× R length; cu-a length 0.4–0.5× R length; Rs length 2.5–3.0× R length; Cu+M length 0.7–0.9× A length; medial vein submedially curved. Color: body brown to reddish brown; wing membrane brown-tinted, paler along vein remnants.
Female
Unknown.
Etymology
This species is named after Mei Lin “Stella” Fung one of the collectors.
Original Description
- Kimsey, L; 2012: Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae) ZooKeys, 213: 1-40. doi
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