Originally described in

Entomological News, 27:224.

Diagnosis

Antennal scrobes join just below frontal suture; mesoscutum with anterior 1/3 with raised and weak reticulation, posterior 2/3 with engraved and weak reticulation; scutellum with engraved and very weak reticulation; mesoscutum and scutellum metallic dark purple; propodeal callus with five setae; femora dark brown with metallic bluish-purple tinges; tibiae pale brown; propodeum with median carina with posterior part strongly narrowed. See also crassus.

Distribution

Trinidad & Tobago.

Biology

From Steirostoma depressum (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).

Similar species in Lucid key

None.

Depository of primary type

United States NationalMuseum of Natural History (USNM), Washington, D.C.