Originally described in

Canadian Entomologist, 47:234.

Diagnosis

Antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; mesoscutum and scutellum with raised and strong reticulation, golden-green with blue tinges; propodeal callus with five setae; femora metallic bluish-green, tibiae pale brown; anterolateral foveas on propodeum missing; occipital margin with an edge behind ocellar triangle.

Distribution

Chile.

Biology

From Ceroplastes novaesi (Hemiptera: Coccidae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

Depository of primary type

United States NationalMuseum of Natural History (USNM), Washington , D.C.