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avarus 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. 82:108.

Diagnosis

Mesoscutum with midlobe metallic bluish-green, sidelobes metallic dark purple, with raised and strong reticulation; notauli with posterior ½ as narrow and distinct semicircular grooves; scutellum metallic dark purple with engraved and very weak reticulation, almost smooth; femora and tibiae dark brown; propodeum with median carina long and narrow, LC/WC = 7.4; petiole with a smooth median carina. See also oviesus.

Distribution

Peru, Trinidad & Tobago.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

oviesus, but avarus with mesoscutum with midlobe metallic bluish-green and sidelobes metallic dark purple, gaster shorter, MM/LG = 0.6-0.7< /FONT > .

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Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.