body length 5.0mm

antenna; 3 segmented, simple; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange

antennal flagellum shorter than closest distance between eyes

flagellum slightly narrower than scape

ventral side of thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue, pronotum orange

genae, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips)

legs: all coxae and femora black; apex of fore and mid femora, apical 1/5th hind femora orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange with apices slightly infuscated

genae, lateral vertex orange

lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue; tegula blackish-orange

legs: all coxa and femora black; except apical ¼ of femur orange laterally; all tibiae and tarsi orange, slightly infuscated in apical half laterally

genae and vertex orange, except post-ocellar area black

mesoscutum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured

stigma brown, venation dark brown, subcostal cell clearly evident

glossa shorter than prementum; much shorter than length of eye

antennal flagellum slightly narrower than scape at greatest width

genae, inner orbits, clypeus, labrum orange

pronotum orange with black dorsal patch

abdomen metallic blue laterally

venation brown, subcosta cell prominent

tegula brownish-orange

mesopleura, mesoscutum and scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured

wings hyaline, venation brown

forewing hyaline, stigma blackish-brown, venation brown

abdomen shiny metallic blue; sawsheath black with brown apex

glossa (orange) shorter than prementum (black), much shorter than eye length

galea grey/orange

glossa (orange) shorter than prementum (black), much shorter than eye length

galea grey/orange

vertex black; inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange

prominent frontal carina

inner orbits, clypeus, labrum, mandibles orange (latter with black tips)

prominent frontal carina

post-ocellar area black, vertex more laterally orange; unpunctured

distance between posterior ocelli greater than distance to back of head

pronotum orange with black patch on dorso-medial side

pronotum orange with medial black patch

mesonotum, scutellum bright metallic blue, unpunctured

tegulae orange

pronotum orange with black dorso-medial patch

vertex laterally, genae and inner orbit orange

antennal flagellum slightly narrower than scape

apex of abdomen viewed dorso-laterally

shiny metallic blue, unpunctured

cerci, 10th abdominal segment orange

sawsheath (3rd valvula) black, laterally flattened

abdomen viewed from rear after removal from female and treatment overnight with KOH

identical to photograph of T. nitidus genitalia in Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), Fig. 24F

12-13 teeth

saw teeth with serrulae

forewing

costa, stigma and veins brown

prominent precostal cell