Loboscelidia castanea Krombein

Loboscelidia castanea Krombein 1983: 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.