Loboscelidia rufescens Westwood

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2012, Review of the odd chrysidid genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae), ZooKeys 213, pp. 1-40 : 25

Loboscelidia rufescens Westwood

Loboscelidia rufescens Westwood 1874: 172. Syntype males (not females); “Sul” (Sula) Isl. (OUMNH).

Material studied.

Indonesia: Sula Island, Malaysia: Sarawak; only the 2 syntype of Loboscelidia rufescens Westwood were seen.

Diagnosis.

Loboscelidia rufescens is another of the species characterized by having a curved medial vein, rectangular frontal projection and no scrobal sulcus, as discussed under Loboscelidia philippinensis . In this group Loboscelidia rufescens differs from Loboscelidia nasiformis and Loboscelidia cinnamonea in having cu-a well-developed and half as long as R. It can be separated from Loboscelidia philippinensis , and Loboscelidia levigata by the combination of the scape and flagellomere XI less than twice as long as broad, flagellomeres I and II less than 1.7 × as long as broad and hindtibial flange less than 0.7 × as wide as tubular part of tibia.