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pontus Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female paratype.

Thoracic dorsum, male.

Thoracic dorsum, male paratype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Propodeum dorsal, male.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:301.

Diagnosis

Mesoscutum and scutellum dark golden-green; mesoscutum with raised and weak reticulation, midlobe with posterior 1/3 with engraved reticulation, notauli as narrow and distinct grooves in posterior ½; scutellum with engraved and weak reticulation; femora metallic blue, tibiae dark brown; propodeum with median carina with parallel sides. Similar to alnus but with mesoscutum with midlobe with posterior 2/3 with engraved reticulation and tibiae predominantly dark and metallic; also similar to eremnus but with gaster shorter with first tergite larger, with longer petiole, and with median carina on propodeum 2X as wide as width of submedian grooves.

Distribution

Costa Rica, El Salvador.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

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