Original description
Hansson, C. 2004. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2. Memoirs of the American Entomlogical Institute, 75:106.
Synonyms
None.
Diagnosis
Female predominantly yellowish-brown; female scape slightly enlarged, pale with a narrow dark brown ventral stripe; mesoscutum and scutellum with strong reticulation; dorsellum hidden under scutellum, not visible in dorsal view. Similar to auripunctata but female with different shape and colour of scape, male head and body predominantly pale, and fore wing without hair lines radiating from stigmal vein. Also similar to rubii but female with shorter gaster (MM/LG = 0.5-0.6), male pedicel with apical one-half yellowish-white, and both sexes with strong reticulation on mesoscutum and scutellum.
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Biology
From large leaf pustule gall on large-leaved Melastomataceae.
Depository of primary type
Holotype female in Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, England.