Loboscelidia nigricornis Fouts

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2012, Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae), ZooKeys 213, pp. 1-40 : 21

Loboscelidia nigricornis Fouts

Loboscelidia nigricornis Fouts 1925: 517. Holotype male; Philippines: Mindanao, Surigao (USNM).

Material studied.

Philippines: Mindanao I., Agusan, Esperanza Bagugan, Matibog Creek (1 male, BPBM); 6 specimens were seen including the otype series.

Diagnosis.

This is one of several species with a flat medial vein and rectangular frontal projection. In males, the absence of cu-a and the scape more than 3.3 × as long as broad are characteristics Loboscelidia nigricornis shares with Loboscelidia halimunensis . Loboscelidia defecta can be distinguished from Loboscelidia halimunensis by Rs less than twice as long as broad (longer in Loboscelidia halimunensis ) and longer pronotum (1.2 × as long as broad, versus as long as broad or broader in Loboscelidia halimunensis ).