Loboscelidia castanea
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chrysididae
Genus: Loboscelidia
Name
Loboscelidia castanea Krombein – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Loboscelidia castanea Krombein 1983[1]: 54. Holotype male; Sri Lanka: Sabaragamuwa Prov., Ratnapura Dist., Sinharaja Jungle (USNM).
Material studied
Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa Prov.; only the holotype was seen.
Diagnosis
This is one of the species with a complete scrobal sulcus and triangular frontal projection. It shares a long scape (more than 3× as long as broad) with one of these, Loboscelidia laotiana. Loboscelidia castanea can be distinguished from these species and Loboscelidia laotiana by a combination of characters, including cu-a less than 0.5× as long as R, A 0.6× as long as Cu+M, flagellomere I shorter than II, flagellomere XI more than 4× as long as broad, and the fore, mid and hindfemoral flanges as broad as the tubular part of the respective femora.
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