Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:404.

Diagnosis

Vertex smooth and shiny, with fairly dense setation but with parts behind posterior ocelli bare; occipital margin with a rounded edge; mesoscutum with coarse and dense pits, with a distinct median carina, and densely setose with strong setae, notauli not visible in posterior ½; scutellum smooth and shiny, with two different types of setae: medially with short setae pointing towards the middle of scutellum and posterolaterally with longer setae pointing backwards; costal cell bare; submarginal vein with three setae; first gastral tergite laterally with a small round reticulate spot; male antenna with 2-segmented clava; vertex and eyes not as densely hairy as in some other species of the group.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.