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cuspidatum Hansson

Ametallon cuspidatum Hansson, antenna lateral, female.

Ametallon cuspidatum Hansson, antenna lateral, male.

Ametallon cuspidatum Hansson, head frontal, female.

Ametallon cuspidatum Hansson, vertex, female.

Ametallon cuspidatum Hansson, thoracic dorsum, female.

Ametallon cuspidatum Hansson, gaster dorsal, female.

Original description

Hansson, C. 2004. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 75:21.

Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

Final tergite in female 2.7X as long as width at base, and sides more or less parallel; head and mesosoma yellowish; anterior one-half of mesoscutum with strong and dense reticulation, posterior one-half smooth and shiny; entire scutellum with strong and dense reticulation; FM/HM = 1.4; fore wing with 2-3 admarginal setae.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

From leaf galls on Coussapoa villosa (Cecropiaceae), leaf gall induced by a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae); and as an external parasitoid from larvae of Pleuroptya silicalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on Cecropia insignis (Cecropiaceae).

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Depository of primary type

Holotype female in Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, England.