Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:278.

Diagnosis

Eyes large, DE/DO = 3.3; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple, mesoscutum with raised, large-meshed and strong reticulation, scutellum with engraved and weak reticulation; gaster with first tergite smooth. Very similar to micans but vertex with raised reticulation and without median groove, scutellum reticulate, and gaster with apex completely rounded.

Distribution

Colombia.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

Depository of primary type

Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH), Villa de Leyva, Colombia.