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aphantus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Head frontal, female.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:98.

Diagnosis

Mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple, mesoscutum with raised and rather weak reticulation, scutellum with engraved and very weak reticulation, almost smooth; femora dark brown with metallic blue tinges; tibiae yellowish-brown; propodeum with submedian grooves reticulate; gaster with 1st tergite with elongate punctures in medioposterior ½. Similar to alnus but mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), in Costa Rica.