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ancillus (Brethes)

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female non-type.

Thoracic dorsum, male.

Thoracic dorsum, male non-type.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Propodeum dorsal, male.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Anales de Zoologia Aplicada, 4(2):25.

Diagnosis

Head transverse, 0.6X as high as wide; antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; male flagellum with a 2-segmented clava; mesoscutum with midlobe with raised and strong reticulation, sidelobes with engraved and weak reticulation; scutellum with engraved and very weak reticulation; mesoscutum with midlobe golden-green with blue tinges, sidelobes golden-reddish, scutellum golden-reddish; propodeal callus with 6-7 setae; femora golden-green, tibiae yellowish-brown; female gaster short, MM/LG = 1.1, and round.

Distribution

Chile.

Biology

From eggs of Catocephala (formerly Dirphia) amphimone (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) and Macromphalia dedecora (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae).

Similar species in Lucid key

lius, but ancillus with mesoscutum with sidelobes with engraved reticulation, femora golden-green, propodeal callus with 6-7 setae.

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Depository of primary type

Unknown.