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bryoscapus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

Thoracic dorsum, male.

Thoracic dorsum, male paratype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Propodeum dorsal, male.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:127.

Diagnosis

Mesoscutum and scutellum dark brown with golden-green tinges; mesoscutum with raised and weak reticulation, midlobe with posterior 1/3 with engraved and weak reticulation, notauli indistinct; propodeum with submedian grooves with weak sculpture and shiny; male scape white and inflated. See also inflatus and vogti.

Distribution

Brazil, Panama.

Biology

From Taphrocerus sp. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on palms (Arecaceae).

Similar species in Lucid key

fraternus, but bryoscapus with thoracic dorsum dark brown with golden-green tinges.

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Depository of primary type

United States NationalMuseum of Natural History (USNM), Washington , D.C.