Loboscelidia nigricephala
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Loboscelidia
Name
Loboscelidia nigricephala Kimsey – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Loboscelidia nigricephala Kimsey 1988[1]: 72. Holotype male; Australia: Queensland, 21 km s Atherton (QDPI).
Material studied
Australia: Queensland: Mt. Lewis (1 male, CNC); 21 km s Atherton (1 male, QDPI); Hugh Nelson Range, s Atherton (1 male, BME); 3 males were seen, including the holotype.
Diagnosis
This is one of five species, including Loboscelidia cervix, Loboscelidia novoguineana, Loboscelidia ora and Loboscelidia parva, where the frontal projection is broadly flattened and nearly linear in front view. It can be distinguished from these species by the arched medial vein, cu-a as long as or longer than R, foretibial flange as wide as tubular part of tibia, and the mid and hindtibial flanges 1.5× as wide as tubular part of the tibiae or wider.
Taxon Treatment
- Kimsey, L; 2012: Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae) ZooKeys, 213: 1-40. doi
Other References
- ↑ Kimsey L (1988) Loboscelidiinae, new species and a new genus from Malaysia (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Psyche 95(1/2): 67–79.