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cacao 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. 82:129.

Diagnosis

Antennal clava in female strong, 1.8X as wide as width of 1st flagellomere; clava rounded at apex; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic bluish-green; notauli as narrow and distinct grooves in posterior ½; petiole 1.2X as long as wide. Similar to sardus but with mesoscutum and scutellum more elongate and bright metallic bluish-green, with posterior ½ of notauli straight, and without the two distinct reticulate patches on upper frons. See also cockerelli.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

Lund University Zoological Museum (LUZM), in Sweden.