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coelomerae 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. 82:157.

Diagnosis

Head transverse, 0.6X as high as wide; scape pale brown to dark brown; entire body metallic dark purple; mesoscutum with a median groove in posterior 1/3, with raised and weak reticulation, notauli indistinct; scutellum with engraved and very weak reticulation to completely smooth; femora and tibiae dark brown; forewing speculum open below and towards the body; propodeal callus with 3-4 setae; posterior part of median carina on propodeum reticulate; female with gaster with first tergite large, covering 0.6X the length of gaster.

Distribution

Colombia, Costa Rica.

Biology

From eggs of Coelomera sp., C. cayennensis, C. godmani (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Cecropia sp. and C. obtusifolia (Cecropiaceae); from eggs of an unidentified Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Cecropia insignis.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

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