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randyjonesi Hansson

Antenna lateral, female.

Antenna lateral, male.

Antennal clava, female.

Head frontal, female.

Head frontal, male.

Vertex, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female.

Thoracic dorsum, female holotype.

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. 82:307.

Diagnosis

Antennal clava in female strong , 2.6X as wide as width of 1st flagellomere, and with a large ovate sense area ventrally; clava rounded at apex; clavomere 1 longer than 2; 3rd flagellomere distinctly transverse, 0.5X as long as wide; pedicel dark brown and flagellomeres pale brown in both sexes; mesoscutum golden-green with blue tinges, scutellum metallic bluish-purple; notauli as narrow and distinct grooves in posterior ½; propodeum with submedian grooves 1.3X as wide as width of median carina  in both sexes; female petiole 1.0X as long as wide.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

From Braconidae indet. (Hymenoptera) on larva of Limacodidae indet. (Lepidoptera) on Vismia baccifera (Clusiaceae). Hyperparasitoid.

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

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Depository of primary type

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