Original description
Yoshimoto, C.M. 1972. The Canadian Entomologist, 104:1483.
Synonyms
None.
Diagnosis
Prepectus pale not metallic; angle of frontal suture about 115º; frons above frontal suture and vertex with strong reticulation; mesoscutum and scutellum with rather strong reticulation; male phallobase: parameres slightly drawn out, apex rounded; digitus 1.4X as long as wide, with one digital spine.
Distribution
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, USA.
Biology
From leaf galls of gall-midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Cecropia insignis and C. obtusifolia (Cecropiaceae), Euphalerus (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus (Fabaceae), Saissetia hemisphaerica (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Coffea (Rubiaceae), Phenacaspis pinifoliae (Hemiptera: Psyllidae),
Depository of primary type
Holotype female in University of Califronia, Riverside, USA.