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eridanus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Head frontal, female.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:189.

Diagnosis

Antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; mesoscutum with raised and rather strong reticulation; scutellum with engraved and weak reticulation; mesoscutum dark golden-green, scutellum metallic dark purple; propodeal callus with three setae; femora metallic bluish-green; tibiae yellowish-brown. Similar to nigrocyaneus but midlobe of mesoscutum with raised reticulation. Also similar to lius, differs in having very weak reticulation on scutellum and a shorter petiole.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.