Loboscelidia levigata Yao, Liu & Xu

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2012, Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae), ZooKeys 213, pp. 1-40 : 17

Loboscelidia levigata Yao, Liu & Xu

Loboscelidia levigata Yao et al. 2010: 528. Holotype male; China: Guangdong Prov., Chebaling National Nature Reserve (SCAC).

Material studied.

None.

Diagnosis.

Loboscelidia levigata is one of three species described from southeastern China, including Loboscelidia sinensis and Loboscelidia striolata . It can be distinguished from these by the rectangular frontal projection, and in males R1 as long as R (shorter in Loboscelidia sinensis and Loboscelidia striolata ) and Rs 3 × as long as R, as opposed to 2.5 × or shorter in Loboscelidia sinensis and Loboscelidia striolata . It can be distinguished from other Loboscelidia species by R1 reaching R at a right angle.