Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:148.
Diagnosis
Midlobe of mesoscutum with anterior 1/3 with engraved reticulation; antennal clava in female strong, 1.6-1.7X as wide as width of 1st flagellomere; clava with apex pointed; clavomere 1 longer than 2; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT = 0.36; female gaster bright golden-green, sometimes with red tinges (i.e. not predominantly metallic dark purple as in most species), but tergites 2-7 with anterior ½ dark metallic purple; both sexes with scutellum transverse and more or less flattened.< /FONT >
Distribution
The West Indies (Montserrat, St. Lucia).
Biology
From eggs of Diaprepes famelicus and D. abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Similar species in Lucid key
None.
Depository of primary type
Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.