Phanerotoma christhompsoni Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 189

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ACL5703. Consensus barcode. TGTTTTATATTTTTTATTTGGAATATATTCAGGTATGTTAGGTTTATCATTAAGTTTATTRATTCGTTTGGAATTAAGTGTTTTAGGATCTATATTAGGTAATGATCAAATTTATAATATAATTGTTACTRTTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGTGGKTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGGTCCTGATATAAGTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTAATATTATTATGTTTATCAAGATTTATTAATATAGGAGCTGGAACAGGATGAACAGTGTATCCACCTTTATCTTTAATAATTGGTCATGGAGGAATTTCAGTAGATTTAGTAATTTWTTCKTTACATTTGGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGTGCAATTAATTTTATTAGAACTGTTTTAAATATRTGATTTTTATTAAAAATAATAGATAAATTATCATTRTTTATTTGATCAGTAATWATTACTGCTTTATTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTATTAGCRGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAATGGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGRTTTTTTGATCCTAGAGGTGGTGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT.

Holotype ♀.

Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio, 10.8438, -85.6138, 300 meters, 17-24/xii/2012, Malaise trap. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BIOUG09739-B06.

Paratypes.

All Malaise-trapped. BIOUG05346-A11, BIOUG08356-G03, BIOUG05422-D07, BIOUG08904-A11, BIOUG08905-F02, BIOUG08905-F11, BIOUG08911-A03, BIOUG09435-D11, BIOUG09435-D12, BIOUG09739-B06, BIOUG09739-F12,BIOUG09827-A02, BIOUG10017-D06, BIOUG17494-A10, BIOUG17494-C11, BIOUG17569-F01, BIOUG17569-F07, BIOUG17575-E05, BIOUG17575-E09, BIOUG18290-E11, BIOUG18290-F08, BIOUG18397-B01, BIOUG18551-A08. Depository: CNC.

Etymology.

Phanerotoma christhompsoni is named to honor Dr. Chris Thompson of the Smithsonian Institution for his decades and continuing intense enthusiasm for the taxonomy of Costa Rican Syrphidae flies and subsequent development of the INBio collections and training of INBio curators, including their current financial support.