Alphomelon diniamartinezae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 26A-F, 94B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Laureles, 10°55'59.48"N, 85°15'12.06"W, 95m; 21.X.2006; ex. Niconiades incomptus; coll. Anabelle Cordoba; Voucher code: DHJPAR0012804; Host voucher code: 06-SRNP-43998.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 2 females, 1 male, CNC; CNC1180084, CNC1180085, CNC1180086.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Niconiades incomptus .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAE2209.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Srta. Dinia Martínez in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5 × its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: absent. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 2.5-2.8mm. Fore wing length: 2.6-2.8 mm.