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.
Depository of primary type
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), in Costa Rica.