Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:180.

Diagnosis

Midlobe of mesoscutum with posterior 1/3 with engraved reticulation; mesoscutum metallic dark purple to metallic bluish-green, scutellum bright golden-green to metallic bluish-green; scutellum flattened and wide, 0.9X as long as wide, with lateral mesh-rows situated half-way between median groove and lateral margin of scutellum; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT = 0.50; female gaster short, MM/LG = 1.0-1.1. See also amplus.

Distribution

Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru.

Biology

From Spaethiella sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae).

Similar species in Lucid key

ninus, but dulcis with a shorter flagellum, ratio length of flagellum/length of scape = 2.1 and with flagellomeres not pedicellate, petiole 1.0X as long as wide< /FONT > .

panatus, but dulcis with antennal scrobes joining frontal suture separately, propodeum with median carina narrower, LC/WC = 3.1, gaster shorter, MM/LG = 1.0-1.1. < /FONT >