Arpactophilus sylvaticus Bohart, 1999

Breitkreuz, Laura C. V., Ohl, Michael & Engel, Michael S., 2016, A review of the New Caledonian Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), Zootaxa 4063 (1), pp. 1-66 : 62

Arpactophilus sylvaticus Bohart, 1999

Arpactophilus sylvaticus Bohart, 1999: 109 [♀: holotype MNHN].

Remarks. It was not possible for us to identify specimens of the present material as belonging to this species, nor was Bohart’s material available to us. Thus, we are unable to provide even the most basic of a meaningful diagnosis for the species. Contradictions in the original paper between the diagnosis, keys, and figures and the lack of mention of some characters (such as the forms of the occipital carina and sternum II) in the description make it difficult to interpret, and we were unable to get access to Bohart’s material for comparisons. It is well possible, that one of the here described species ( A. orowe , A. pwapwa , A. vamale , or A. xaragure ) is actually Bohart’s A. sylvaticus , but until that time the identity of this rare species is subjective and open to interpretation.