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micrurus 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. 82:255.

Diagnosis

Scutellum with engraved and very weak reticulation, partly smooth, median groove almost complete; mesoscutum metallic dark purple, scutellum bright metallic bluish-green; femora and tibiae dark brown; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT = 0.36; propodeal callus with 4-5 setae; forewing speculum open below; gaster short, MM/LG = 1.0, with apex rounded and with a large 1st tergite, 0.7X as long as length of gaster. See also abus.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

From an unidentified Prionomerinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on Sacoglottis sp. (Humiriaceae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

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