Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:268.
Diagnosis
Midlobe of mesoscutum with posterior 1/3 with raised reticulation; scutellum with engraved reticulation; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic bluish-green; flagellomeres with a distinct petiole apically; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT= 0.47.
Distribution
Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago.
Biology
Unknown.
Similar species in Lucid key
dulcis, but ninus with a longer flagellum, ratio length of flagellum/length of scape = 3.0 and with flagellomeres distinctly pedicellate; petiole 1.2X as long as wide< /FONT > .
Depository of primary type
Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.