Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:281.

Diagnosis

Midlobe of mesoscutum with posterior 1/3 with engraved reticulation; flagellum with at least 1^st flagellomere yellowish-brown, i.e. distinctly paler than dark brown pedicel; eyes large, DE/DO = 3.6; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT = 0.31; median propodeum, including submedian grooves and anterolateral foveas, golden-green and smooth and shiny. See also cericornis.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

sibynatus and mantis, but pallidicornis with flagellum with at least first flagellomere yellowish-brown.

Depository of primary type

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