Scelimena novaeguineae species group

Type species: Gavialidium novaeguinea Bolivar, 1898 (= Scelimena novaeguineae)

Composition and distribution. The group includes three species, S. floresana from Flores, S. eremita from New Guinea, and S. novaeguineae, also from New Guinea.

Notes. This group inhabits the easternmost part of the Scelimena distribution and is characterized by robust appearance, strong frontolateral projections, strong metalateral projection (produced as bilobate or simple triangular plate or spine), tubercles behind the metalateral on the lateral carinae, and hind femora with minute teeth on the dorsal margin. The group is related to eastern Scelimena producta species group.