Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) loriae (Senna & Calabresi, 1919), n. comb.

Carcinopisthius loriae Senna & Calabresi, 1919: 72 .

Material examined. Papua-New-Guinea. N. Guinea SE, Moroka, 1300 m, VII–IX.1893, Loria, Ψ lectotype and 3 ɗ paralectotypes (MSNG).

Description. Total length: 4.8–8.9 mm. Width across humeral calli: 0.8–1.2 mm. Body red-brown without darker elytral area. Habitus of type: Fig. 18.

Head (Fig. 91) as long as broad, quite shiny. Vertex and frons grooved, this longitudinal groove reaching the base of prorostrum. Prorostrum 0.30–0.35 as long as head + metarostrum + mesorostrum. Antennomere 3 weakly conical, longer than broad; antennomeres 4–8 subcylindrical, slightly longer than broad; 11th 1.45– 1.70 longer than 10th. Venter of head longitudinally grooved.

Pronotum shiny, smooth, deeply grooved. Prosternellum distinct. Underside of first protarsal segment slightly denticulate (Fig. 95). Metasternum smooth, convex, shiny, deeply grooved. Interstria 3 abruptly stopped before the apical declivity but not forming a sharp tooth (Fig. 92); interstria 8 not reaching the base of elytra. External border of apical "forceps" without small tooth at base; inner side of apical "forceps" with a short median tooth in female (Fig. 92), the tooth missing in males (Fig. 93).

Sternites III–IV of female (Fig. 94) not very convexe, laterally carinate and longitudinally grooved. Tergite VII of female with long hair (as on Fig. 88). Apical teeth of tergite VIII (Fig. 96) well developed. Gonopods IX similar to those of H. maximus . Spermatheca: Fig. 97. Sternites III–IV of male laterally carinate, strongly grooved.

Remarks. Distribution map: Fig. 99.