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obscurus 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. 82:274.

Diagnosis

Flagellomeres 1-3 pedicellate at apex; mesoscutum metallic dark purple with raised and rather weak reticulation, midlobe with posterior 1/3 with engraved reticulation, notauli distinct in median 1/3; scutellum metallic dark bluish-green with engraved and weak reticulation; femora and tibiae dark brown; female petiole 1.6X as long as wide. Similar to pradus but with flagellum longer, posterior midlobe of mesoscutum with engraved reticulation, and tibiae dark brown.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

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