Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:270.

Diagnosis

Antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; mesoscutum with engraved and fine reticulation and with transverse meshes; scutellum smooth and shiny; mesoscutum dark golden-green; scutellum metallic dark purple; propodeal callus with 5-6 setae; femora black with metallic tinges; tibiae predominantly dark brown.

Distribution

Costa Rica, Peru.

Biology

From an unidentified Curculionidae (Coleoptera) on Myrciaria dubia (Myrtaceae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

Depository of primary type

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