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peltifer 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. 82:291.

Diagnosis

Mesoscutum with posterior 2/3 of midlobe metallic blue, anterior 1/3 of midlobe and entire sidelobes metallic dark purple, to entirely metallic dark purple, with raised and strong reticulation; scutellum metallic dark purple, with engraved and very weak reticulation, medially partly smooth; femora metallic bluish-green; tibiae predominantly dark and metallic; propodeum with median carina smooth throughout; female petiole 1.4X as long as wide; female gaster short, MM/LG = 1.4, with 1st tergite large, 0.7X as long as length of gaster and with elongate punctures.

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.