Barbaloba Adamski, new genus

Type species.— Barbaloba meleagrisellae Adamski, by present designation. Barbaloba is known only from Costa Rica.

Description.— Barbaloba possesses a unique combination of male features that include: absence of a proximal flange and middle region of dorsal part of valva developed into a large, ventrally projecting, setose lobe.

Etymology. The generic name Barbaloba is derived from two Latin words, barba a femanine noun meaning beard, and lobus, a masculine noun meaning a rounded projection, and refers to the setose lobelike process originating from the ventral part of the valva of the male genitalia.