body length 5.5mm

antennae: 3 segmented, simple; scape black, pedicel and flagellum orange

antennal flagellum slightly longer than closest distance between eyes

flagellum slightly narrower than scape

genae orange, vertex orange, post-ocellar region and frons black

lateral side of thorax, mesonotum, scutellum and abdomen metallic blue

legs: all coxae and femora black, except apical ¼ hind femur orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, tarsomeres darkened

pronotum orange posteriorly, black anteriorly

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

tegula blackish-orange

wings hyaline; costa, stigma and venation brown

glossa pale yellow with speckled black tip, shorter than black prementum, labial palps black

glossa pale yellow with speckled black tip, shorter than black prementum, labial palps black, maxillary palps black

pronotum orange ventrally and laterally

abdomen shiny metallic black; sawsheath black, flattened; lancet orange; cerci orange

ventral view of terminal abdominal segments, showing flattened saw sheath

pronotum black and orange

tegula brownish-orange

mesopleura black

legs: coxae and femora black, tibiae and tarsi orange with some blackening of distal tibia on forelegs

abdomen shiny metallic blue laterally

legs: mid and hind femora black, apical 1/3rd hind femur blackish-orange

antennae: scape black, pedicel orange, flagellum orange with blackish tip

genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black

distance between ocelli greater than distance between ocellus and back of head

mesopleura shiny metallic blue, scape blackish-orange

distance between hind ocelli greater than distance between ocellus and back of head

genae, vertex orange; post-ocellar area black

pronotum orange speckled with black dorsally

mesonotum, scutellum bright metallic blue

pronotum black anteriorly and dorsally, orange posteriorly

tegula orange, speckled with black

wings hyaline, brown venation

thorax and abdomen shiny metallic blue, T1 with pale yellow stripe in posterior half

saw sheath black, orange distally

cerci orange

abdomen viewed from rear after removal from female and treatment with KOH to separate sclerites

lancet, lance, sawsheath and 10th tergum with attached cerci, 9th tergum visible

identical to photograph of T. nitidus genitalia in Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), Fig. 24F (cf. Warradarge PW055)

abdomen viewed from rear after removal from female and treatment with KOH to separate sclerites

lancet, lance, sawsheath and 10th tergum with attached cerci, 9th tergum visible

identical to photograph of T. nitidus genitalia in Malagon-Aldana et al (2021), Fig. 24F (cf. Warradarge PW055)

thorax and abdomen bright metallic blue ventrally

legs: all coxae and femora black, with distal apex of hind femur orange; all tibiae and tarsi orange, hind tibiae darkened

saw sheath (valvula 3, damaged on RHS) and lance (valvula 2)

sawsheath (valvula 3) viewed laterally after dissection from body. cf. Warradarge PW055

lancet (valvula 1)

lancet (valvula 1)

lancet - 12 teeth, first 3 with serrulae

lancet, first 9 teeth - serrulae on first 2-3 teeth

other side of lancet - 11 teeth, first 8 with serrulae

forewing: costa, stigma and venation brown

hind wing: hyaline, costa and venation brown