Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:72.
Diagnosis
Female scape yellowish-brown; frons between scrobes and eyes with weak reticulation; occipital margin rounded off and occiput more or less convex; male scape narrow, 4.8X as long as wide; mesoscutum with midlobe metallic dark purple, sidelobes dark golden-green, or entire mesoscutum golden or golden-green, with engraved and strong reticulation, notauli narrow and distinct throughout, curved posteriorly; scutellum metallic dark purple or golden, smooth and shiny with only the lateral mesh-rows reticulate, to predominantly reticulate with engraved and strong reticulation; femora white; first gastral tergite with strong striae in posterior ¾.
Distribution
Costa Rica ,
Biology
Unknown.
Similar species in Lucid key
None.
Depository of primary type
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) in Costa Rica.