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ninus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Head frontal, female.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Gaster dorsal, female.

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 > .

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Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.