Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:269.
Diagnosis
Eyes large, DE/DO = 4.3; mesoscutum metallic dark purple with raised and weak reticulation, midlobe with posterior 1/3 with engraved reticulation; scutellum metallic bluish-green.< /FONT >
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Biology
From larva/pupa of Odontopus nigrispinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), leafminer on Guarea sp. (Meliaceae).
Similar species in Lucid key
None.
Depository of primary type
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), in Costa Rica.