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purpureus 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. 82:306.

Diagnosis

Midlobe of mesoscutum with posterior 1/3 with raised reticulation; scutellum with engraved reticulation; mesoscutum metallic purple, scutellum bright metallic bluish-purple; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT = 0.56; gaster with 1st tergite smooth and shiny.

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.