Brachymetra bernaldi Cordeiro, sp. nov.

(Figs. 1–10)

This new species is known only from a tropical rain forest stream in the lowlands of the Caribbean slope, at approximately 200 m a.s.l., in the province of Heredia.

Material examined. Heredia — Sarapiquí, La Tirimbina Reserve, stream in La Ceiba Trail, 07.VII.2008, (B. Pacheco): 2 males, 3 females (CEIOC) .