Original description
Hansson, C. 2004. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2. Memoirs of the American Entomlogical Institute, 75:84.
Synonyms
None.
Diagnosis
Vertex and occiput yellowish-white; mesoscutum and scutellum with weak reticulation; transepimeral sulcus strongly curved, lower mesepimeron large, convex and metallic (i.e. with different colour than upper mesepimeron which is yellowish-white); female gaster with anterior one-third white, median one-third dark brown, posterior one-third yellowish-brown. Similar to santarosae, but differs in having median propodeum longer in female (2X as long as length of dorsellum) and in having transepimeral sulcus strongly curved.
Distribution
Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela.
Biology
From gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) blister galls on Pilea imparifolia (Urticaceae).
Depository of primary type
Holotype female in Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Santo Domingo, Costa Rica.