Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:136.
Diagnosis
Upper frons with raised and very strong reticulation; antennal scrobes join on frontal suture; mesoscutum metallic dark purple with raised and very strong reticulation, with distinct groove-like notauli in posterior ½; scutellum metallic dark purple with engraved and very weak reticulation, partly smooth.
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Biology
Unknown.
Similar species in Lucid key
None.
Depository of primary type
Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.