Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:103.

Diagnosis

Antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; mesoscutum with raised reticulation, scutellum smooth and shiny; mesoscutum metallic bluish-green, scutellum metallic dark purple; propodeal callus with two setae; femora and tibiae yellowish-white; eyes very large and frons very narrow, DE/DO = 2.3; gaster conspicuously hairy. Similar to argus but female with larger eyes, gaster shorter with apex rounded, and midlobe of mesoscutum with raised reticulation.

Distribution

Brazil.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.