Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:204.
Diagnosis
Female scape yellowish-white; mesoscutum and scutellum golden-green; mesoscutum with sidelobes with anterior 2/3 with raised and rather strong reticulation, posterior 1/3 of sidelobes and entire midlobe with engraved and rather strong reticulation; scutellum entirely reticulate with engraved and very weak reticulation, meshes elongate and scutellum hence appearing striate; propodeum with median carina and lateral panels with engraved and very weak reticulation; first gastral tergite entirely reticulate with engraved and very weak reticulation, meshes very elongate gaster hence appearing striate; forewing with speculum open below.
Distribution
Costa Rica, Panama.
Biology
From Brachys sp. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Scheelea sp. (Arecaceae).
Similar species in Lucid key
None.
Depository of primary type
United States National