chloris species-group

Diagnosis. Small to moderate-sized species, body length ranges from 7.3-11.8; integument bright metallic green or bluish; yellow marks in females restricted to clypeus and legs; body densely punctated; clypeus with a narrow median longitudinal roughened area delimited by coarse punctures; metapostnotum microsculptured, basally rugoso-striate; preoccipital carina well developed; lateral areas of pronotum with strong carina forming lamella; metatibia in females with developed carina; graduli present on T2 to T4 or T5.

Male: Apical margin of T7 slightly emarginated, rounded, rarely truncated; preapical margin of S5 with or without acute processes.