Originally described in
Entomological News, 27:224.
Diagnosis
Femora yellowish-brown; mesoscutum and scutellum black with metallic blue and purple tinges, mesoscutum with raised and weak reticulation, midlobe with posterior ½ with engraved reticulation, scutellum with engraved and very weak reticulation; tibiae yellowish-white; female gaster long and slender, MM/LG = 0.6; first gastral tergite with punctures in medioposterior ½.< /FONT >
Distribution
Trinidad & Tobago.
Biology
From eggs of an unidentified cassidid beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Similar species in Lucid key
None.
Depository of primary type
United States National