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chrysourus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

Thoracic dorsum, male.

Thoracic dorsum, male paratype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Propodeum dorsal, male.

Gaster dorsal, female.

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.

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Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.