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petiolatus (Ashmead)

Antenna lateral, female.

Head frontal, female.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female non-type.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 25:170.

Diagnosis

Vertex smooth and shiny, posterior part with a weak median groove; mesoscutum with large-meshed, engraved and strong reticulation; propodeal callus with two setae; coxae yellowish-white; costal cell bare; petiole 2.6X as long as wide in female; first gastral tergite smooth and shiny. Similar to chydaeus but with median scutellum reticulate, reticulation with smaller meshes on mesoscutum and larger meshes on median propodeum.

Distribution

Saint Vincent.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

chydaeus, but petiolatus with scutellum with median part reticulate and mesoscutum with small meshes; propodeum with large meshes; thoracic dorsum bright golden-red.

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Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.