Loboscelidia nigra Fouts

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2012, Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae), ZooKeys 213, pp. 1-40 : 20

Loboscelidia nigra Fouts

Loboscelidia nigra Fouts 1922: 621. Syntype males (not female); Philippines: Mindanao, Dapitan, Basilan (USNM).

Material studied.

Philippines: Mindanao; only the two syntypes were seen.

Diagnosis.

As discussed under Loboscelidia castanea and Loboscelidia collaris , Loboscelidia nigra is one of seven species with a triangular frontal projection, complete scrobal sulcus and complete notauli. Dimensions of the antennal articles will separate Loboscelidia nigra from these species; the scape is less than 3 × as long as broad, flagellomeres I and II are 2.5 × as long as broad or longer and flagellomere XI is 4.5 × as long as broad.