Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:235.
Diagnosis
Antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; mesoscutum with raised and strong reticulation; scutellum with engraved and rather strong reticulation; mesoscutum and scutellum dark metallic bluish-green; propodeal callus with three setae; femora dark brown with metallic tinges; tibiae yellowish-white. Similar to eridanus but with strong reticulation on scutellum and a longer petiole; also similar to nigrocyaneus but with reticulation on midlobe of mesoscutum raised.
Distribution
Brazil.
Biology
From Lius sp. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).
Similar species in Lucid key
ancillus, but lius with with mesoscutum with sidelobes with raised reticulation, femora dark brown with metallic tinges, propodeal callus with 3 setae.
Depository of primary type
United States National