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nishidai 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. 82:269.

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.

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Depository of primary type

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