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levifrons Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female paratype.

Thoracic dorsum, male.

Thoracic dorsum, male paratype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Propodeum dorsal, male.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:232.

Diagnosis

Upper frons with engraved and strong reticulation, lower frons smooth; ocellar triangle more or less encircled by a narrow groove; mesoscutum metallic dark purple, sidelobes sometimes predominantly metallic bluish-green, entirely with engraved and strong reticulation, notauli narrow and complete; scutellum metallic bluish-green, occasionally metallic dark purple, smooth and shiny or with engraved and strong reticulation around lateral mesh-rows; coxae yellowish-white in both sexes; median carina on propodeum widest anteriorly. See also arillus.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), in Costa Rica.