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pilonensis Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Head frontal, female.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female paratype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:298.

Diagnosis

Female scape yellowish-brown; mesoscutum metallic-bluish-green with purple tinges with raised and strong reticulation, midlobe with posterior ¼ with engraved reticulation, scutellum metallic bluish-green with engraved and very weak reticulation; femora pale brown; propodeum with median area and median carina long, LC/WC = 5.2, median carina completely smooth; propodeum with submedian grooves golden-purple and reticulate; first gastral tergite with weak round punctures posteriorly. Similar to apantelivorus, differs in having propodeum with median carina longer, and anteriorly blunt, and with dorsal surface flat, scutellum with engraved and very weak reticulation; to bambus but with larger eyes, shorter gaster and first gastral tergite with weak punctures; to tanyclonis but with propodeum with median carina with parallel sides, first gastral tergite with weak punctures posteriorly.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.