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castus 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. 82:137.

Diagnosis

Flagellomeres short, e.g. third flagellomere as long as wide; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple, mesoscutum with raised and weak reticulation, midlobe with posterior 1/3 with engraved reticulation, scutellum smooth and shiny; femora dark brown; tibiae pale brown; female petiole 1.3X as long as wide; female gaster long, MM/LG = 0.7-0.8; first gastral tergite with very weak punctures posteriorly.< /FONT >

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), in Costa Rica.