Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:212.

Diagnosis

Female scape white; upper frons with raised and very strong reticulation; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple, propodeum metallic bluish-green; mesocutum with raised and strong reticulation, scutellum predominantly smooth and shiny with very weak reticulation laterally; femora yellowish-white with median part pale brown; first gastral tergite with posterior ½ partly with fine round punctures and partly with fine meshes.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

aistus, but hansoni with upper frons, and frons between antennal scrobes and eyes with very strong reticulation, gaster with first tergite with a mix of fine punctures and fine meshes of reticulation.

Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.