Alphomelon hazelcambroneroae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 37A-F, 38A-F, 39A-E, 97A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Mismo, 10°59'15.29"N, 85°25'10.81"W, 680m; 11.II.2013, ex. Cynea megalops; coll. Manuel Rios; Voucher code: CNC308813; Host voucher code: 13-SRNP-30331.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 30 females, 3 males, CNC; DHJPAR0051805, DHJPAR0054746, DHJPAR0030704, DHJPAR0030714, CNC308819, CNC308820, CNC308821, CNC308822, CNC308823, CNC308824, CNC308825, CNC308826, CNC308817, CNC308818, CNC308814, CNC308815, CNC308816 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0053717, DHJPAR0050981, CNC308827, CNC308828, CNC308829, CNC308830, CNC308831 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0050090, CNC308832, CNC308833, CNC308834 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0026885, DHJPAR0048159, DHJPAR0053774, CNC308835, CNC308836.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Calpodes fusta, C. severus, Cynea anthracinus, C. cynea, C. irma, C. megalops, Cynea Burns02, Cynea Burns04, Cynea Burns05, Cynea Burns06, Cynea Cynea Burns11, Rhinthon molion, and R. osca .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAA6775.

Etymology.

Named after Sra. Hazel Cambronero 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 or 4. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: weakly sculptured along margins (but some specimens, including holotype, with T1 mostly smooth). T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.7-4.4 mm. Fore wing length: 3.9-4.4 mm.