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malus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

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. 82:247.

Diagnosis

Midlobe of mesoscutum with engraved reticulation in posterior 1/3; scutellum with engraved reticulation; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple, propodeum metallic bluish-purple; femora and tibiae dark brown; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT = 0.31; propodeum with median carina wide and submedian grooves narrow, WG/WC = 0.3. < /FONT >

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

From Pachyschelus sp. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Cecropia insignis (Cecropiaceae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

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