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elanus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female paratype.

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. 82:182.

Diagnosis

Female scape pale brown; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple, frons golden-green with red tinges in female, bright metallic bluish-purple in male, femora and tibiae dark brown; occiput convex; mesoscutum with raised and strong reticulation, scutellum smooth and shiny with weak traces of reticulation laterally; female with first gastral tergite large, 0.6X the length of gaster, with round punctures in posterior ½.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

From Scolytodes sp. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) on Cecropia peltata (Cecropiaceae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.