Loboscelidia defecta Kieffer, 1916

Hisasue, Yu, Pham, Thai-Hong & Mita, Toshiharu, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Loboscelidiinae) from Vietnam, European Journal of Taxonomy 887 (1), pp. 1-68 : 22

Loboscelidia defecta Kieffer, 1916

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Loboscelidia defecta Kieffer, 1916: 18 . Syntype ♂; Philippines: Palawan ( Insel Palavan), Puerto Princesa (MNHN).

Material examined

MALAYSIA • 1 ♂; Borneo, Sandakan ; C.F. Baker leg.; USNM .

Remarks

Loboscelidia defecta resembles L. fulgens , L. halimunensis Kojima, 2003 and L. reducta in having the following characteristics: strongly convex cervical expansion ( L. reducta ); absent cu-a vein ( L. halimunensis and L. reducta ); hindfemur not stout basally, as wide as its distal part ( L. fulgens and L. reducta ); and swollen ventral margin of the hindfemur ( L. fulgens and L. reducta ). However, L. defecta can be distinguished by the following characteristics: frons microstriate (polished and inpumctured in L. reducta ); triangular frontal projection (rectangular in other three species); A 0.5–0.7 times as long as R (more than 0.8 times as long as in other species); Rs less than twice as long as R (more than twice as long as in L. halimunensis ); and absent tibial flanges (present in L. fulgens ) ( Kimsey 2012).

Distribution

Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam (Southern Vietnam) ( Kimsey 2012).

Figures

Fig. 10. Loboscelidia defecta Kieffer, 1916, ♂ (USNM). A. Lateral habitus. B. Head, dorsal view. C. Head, lateral view. D. Pronotum, dorsal view. E. Mesosoma, dorsal view. F. Forewing. Not to scale.