REVISION OF LEUCOSPIDAE 181 



Leucospis nigerrima Kohl 

 (Text-figs 192, 193) 



Leucaspis nigerrima Kohl, 1908 : 316-317, pi. 3, figs 13, 21, 22, £. Holotype q*, Solomons 

 (NM, Vienna) [examined]. 



Hitherto known only in the male sex. The female is similar, in particular in 

 the form of head, thorax, the relatively sparse puncturation of the gaster, the 

 black colour of the body, including the wings. Its further characters are mentioned 

 in the key which puts the species in the petiolata-gvoup. Additional characters 

 are as follows. 



$. 12-0-14-5 mm. Body non-metallic, black, but the diverging transverse crests on 

 pronotum sometimes paler brownish, also swelling posteriorly on propodeum sometimes pale; 

 first tergite posteriorly with sublateral small yellowish spots (missing in $ from New South 

 Wales); antennae and legs completely black, hind coxa internally brownish. Pilosity of body 

 blackish, therefore inconspicuous. Lower face i-i times as broad as high. Punctures on 

 posterior half of mesoscutum very shallow, mostly transversely confluent but surface with 

 distinct microreticulation. Hind coxa in depression sparsely punctured along lateral edge and 

 basally (Text-fig. 193), broad dorsal edge only with scattered sparse punctures. First tergite 

 dorsally with interspaces mostly about twice as broad as punctures, or broader (Text-fig. 192). 

 Loose punctures medially on fourth tergite in about 5 transverse rows. Convex part of fifth 

 tergite with interspaces mostly broader than punctures, shiny, although with traces of micro- 

 reticulation. 



Biology. Host unknown. 



Distribution. Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New South Wales. 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 



Solomons, xi. 1931, 1 $ (Lever) (BMNH); Bougainville, Mt Balbi, 2000-2400 m, 

 iii. 1968, I $ (Tawi) (BBM, Honolulu); Guadalcanal, Tenaru River, i. 1945, 1 ?, 3 6* 

 (G. E. Bohart) (CAS, San Francisco); Veisali Tenamba, 29.viii.1934, 1 $; Lavoro, 

 4.ix.i934, 1 <$ (H. T. Pagden); Taperanje, xii.1953, 1 $ (/. D. Bradley) (BMNH); 

 Honiara, iv. 1966, 1 $ (G. L. Bush) (MCZ, Cambridge). New Hebrides: Espirito 

 Santo, n.v.1944, 1 $ (A. L. Beatty) (CU, Davis). Australia: New South Wales, 

 2 $ (BMNH; TM, Budapest). 



Leucospis buchi Hedqvist 



Leucospis buchi Hedqvist, 1968 : 153-156, figs 1-4, $ $. Holotype $, New Britain: Komgi 

 (UZM, Copenhagen) [examined]. 



L. buchi is extremely close to L. nigerrima Kohl and may prove to be only a 

 subspecies of the latter when more material is known. It differs from L. nigerrima 

 mainly in whitish, longer and more conspicuous pubescence and denser puncturation. 



Biology. Host unknown. 



Distribution. New Britain and New Ireland (Hedqvist, 1968). 



