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simiscapus Hansson

Ametallon simiscapus Hansson, antenna lateral, female.

Ametallon simiscapus Hansson, antenna lateral, male.

Ametallon simiscapus Hansson, head frontal, female.

Ametallon simiscapus Hansson, head frontal, male.

Ametallon simiscapus Hansson, vertex, female.

Ametallon simiscapus Hansson, thoracic dorsum, female.

Ametallon simiscapus Hansson, gaster dorsal, female.

Original description

Hansson, C. 2004. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 75:32.

Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

Head and mesosoma yellowish; female scape wide, 2.6X as long as wide, with widest part below middle of scape; mesoscutum and scutellum with weak small meshed reticulation, posterior one-third of midlobe mesoscutum and posterior one-half of scutellum smooth and shiny; FM/HM = 1.5; fore wing with two admarginal setae.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

From leaf galls (like elongate seeds) on an unidentified species of Myrtaceae.

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Depository of primary type

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