Euscelidia schoutedeni Janssens, 1954
Head: black; face silver pruinose, facial gibbosity indistinct, mystax white, 6 macrosetae; ocellar tubercle apruinose; occiput silver pruinose, setae white; Antennae (postpedicel broken) - scape light brown, setae brown; pedicel brown, setae brown, white pruinose
Thorax: brown; scutum predominantly apruinose, anterior, lateral, and posterior margins silver pruinose, white setae on pruinose area, many long brown presut and post-sutural dorso-central s, macrosetae: brown, 1 notopeural seta, 1 supra-alar seta; scutellar silver pruinose, discal scutellar setae and scutellar setae long, brown
Legs: yellow and light brown, femora yellow proximally, brown distad, tibiae brown, yellow stripe not reaching tip anteriorly; empodium short
Wings: hyaline, brown stained; pterostigma distinct, brown; discal cell terminating in 2 veins; halteres brown
Abdomen: brown; tergites predominantly apruinose, lateral and posterior margins white pruinose, T1 with black setae, T2 with white long setae laterally, remaining tergites with short white setae
Male terminalia: specimens unknown.
The species is distinguished, together with nenemusha and schoutedeni, from congeners by the overall brown colour, the predominantly apruinose scutum, and the apruinose T8 in the females. This species is so far only known from females.
Type locality: DR Congo, Haut Uele, Moto (02°27'N 026°25'E).
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, DR Congo.
See this map for an up-to-date distribution map based on specimen records from numerous museum collections.