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pyramis Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

Thoracic dorsum, male.

Thoracic odrsum, male paratype.

Propodeum dorsal, female.

Propodeum dorsal, male.

Gaster dorsal, female.

Originally described in

Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:372.

Diagnosis

Scutellum with engraved and weak reticulation, median groove complete; propodeal callus with 5-7 setae; head triangular in frontal view; clypeus protruding and bilobed; male flagellum with 2-segmented clava. Similar to dichrous but head triangular in frontal view, axillae uniformly metallic dark purple, median carina on propodeum long and narrow, LC/WC = 6.8, male antenna with 2-segmented clava.< /FONT >

Distribution

Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago.

Biology

Unknown.

Similar species in Lucid key

telatus, but pyramis with head in frontal view more triangular, i.e. upper contour of vertex and eyes ħin a straight line.

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Depository of primary type

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