Originally described in
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 21:342.
Diagnosis
Antennal scrobes join below frontal suture; female gaster with first tergite smooth and shiny in anterior ½, posterior ½ reticulate with fine and elongate meshes; female flagellomeres short and stout, e.g. first flagellomere 1.5X as long as wide; male scape 3.2X as long as wide; propodeum with median carina with anterior part blunt. See also missouriensis.
Distribution
USA (New Mexico).
Biology
From Bruchus amicus Horn (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).
Similar species in Lucid key
missouriensis, but productus with gaster with first tergite with fine elongate meshes.
dryas, but productus with scutellum with strong and engraved reticulation.
Depository of primary type
United States National