Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:145.

Diagnosis

Flagellum pale yellowish-brown, contrasting against dark brown pedicel; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic bluish-purple; mesoscutum with engraved and rather strong reticulation, notauli as distinct grooves in posterior 2/3; propodeum with median carina wide and submedian grooves narrow, WG/WC = 0.4. Similar to pallidicornis but with eyes smaller, wider median carina on propodeum, and with larger meshes on scutellum.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

elongatus, ignotus and ioides, but cericornis with flagellum pale yellowish-brown.

Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.