Arpactophilus schlingeri Bohart, 1999

(Figs. 95–96)

Arpactophilus schlingeri Bohart, 1999: 108 [♀♂: holotype MNHN].

Diagnosis. Arpactophilus schlingeri is the only New Caledonian species in the genus with the combination of mandible that does not reach the opposite mandibular base (Fig. 95) and a basally red and apically black metasoma (Fig. 96) with a bulge on sternum II (as in Fig. 2). Other distinctive characters are the form of the black clypeus, with one larger lateral and one smaller medial tooth in combination with the projecting labrum with 3 lobed (6 lobes, including both sides) (Fig. 95).

Material examined. 2♀: (1x) PARATYPE Bohart 1999 “ NEW CALEDONIA Rivere Bleue Prov. Pk. 30km NW Yaté, 270m, 27 December 1991, M.E. Irwin, D.W. Webb; Malaise Trap across forest path” [UCDC]; (1x) “ NEW CALEDONIA 9960: 22°06’S x 166°39’E, 160m, Riv. Bleue, Panoramic track 20 Sep–11 Nov 2000. Burwell & Skevington. Malaise” [QM].