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sculpturatum Hansson

Ametallon sculpturatum Hansson, antenna lateral, female.

Ametallon sculpturatum Hansson, head frontal, female.

Ametallon sculpturatum Hansson, vertex, female.

Ametallon sculpturatum Hansson, thoracic dorsum, female.

Original description

Hansson, C. 2004. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 75:31.

Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

Vertex with strong small meshed reticulation; scape wide, 2.6X as long as wide, with widest part below middle of scape; propodeum with strong irregular sculpture and carinae medially; head and mesosoma yellowish-brown; mesoscutum with strong small meshed reticulation, with two shiny spots behind two setae on midlobe of mesoscutum; scutellum with strong small meshed reticulation; ratio FM/HM = 1.6; fore wing with two admarginal setae.

Distribution

Costa Rica, Mexico.

Biology

From a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) leaf gall on Smilax (Smilacaceae).

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Depository of primary type

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