Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:90.
Diagnosis
Female scape yellowish-white; vertex with a very strong median groove; ocelli encircled by grooves and with a short groove in front of posterior ocelli; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic bluish-green, mesoscutum with raised and strong reticulation, midlobe with posterior ¼ with engraved reticulation, scutellum with engraved and strong reticulation; femora yellowish-white; propodeum with submedian grooves reticulate, median carina wide and flat, sides ±parallel and with posterior part strongly narrowed or obliterated by reticulation; gaster elongate, MM/LG = 0.7, with tergites 1-2 with very strong punctures, slightly elongate on 1st tergite and round on 2nd tergite. Similar to bambus but differs in having a stouter head, 1.9X as long as wide in dorsal view, stronger reticulation on thoracic dorsum, longer petiole, gaster with first tergite with strong punctures.
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Biology
Unknown.
Similar species in Lucid key
None.
Depository of primary type
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), in Costa Rica.