Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:166.

Diagnosis

Flagellum thick, e.g. 1^st flagellomere 1.5X as wide as width of pedicel; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic bluish-green; mesoscutum entirely with engraved and rather strong reticulation, notauli as narrow and distinct grooves in posterior 2/3. Similar to cupreus but with flagellum stout.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

cupreus and inflatus, but crassicornis with flagellum stout, e.g. with first flagellomere 1.6X as wide as width of pedicel.

Depository of primary type

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