Originally described in

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 91:536.

Diagnosis

Antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; scutellum completely reticulate with median groove indicated in anterior 1/3 to 1/4 only; clypeus protruding; antenna short, e.g. female flagellomeres 2 and 3 transverse; propodeum completely reticulate; female gaster short and round, with apex blunt, in both dorsal and lateral views.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador.

Biology

Primary gregarious endoparasitoid of the last three larval instars of Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

Depository of primary type

United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Washington, D.C.