Zadbimyia tapanti sp. n.

Fig. 17 A–C

Diagnosis. The parameres of Z. tapanti have highly distinctive evenly rounded shoulders, a conspicuously short apicomedial portion, and two pairs of large, recurved processes, of which the ventral pair is more slender and more strongly curved (Fig. 17 C).

Other male characters. Body length 1.7 mm. Head. Eye slightly narrowed ventrally, eye bridge 9–10 ommatidia long dorsally. Scape length 1.8 × pedicel length. With 31 flagellomeres, nodes subglobular. Neck of fourth flagellomere almost as long as node (Fig. 17 B). Palpus 4-segmented, as long as length of head. Terminalia. Gonocoxites (Fig. 17 A): ventral emargination shallow, broadly V-shaped, membranous at base of V. Gonostylus strongly curved on apical third, strongly excavated dorsomedially (Fig. 17 A). Ejaculatory apodeme longer than parameres, with long, tapered, slightly sclerotized portion beyond accessory gland ducts (Fig. 17 C). Parameres elongate-subtrapezoid (Fig. 17 C).

Etymology. The name, a noun in apposition, refers to Tapantí National Park, the type locality of this species.

Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Cartago province, Paraíso, Tapantí National Park, 1600 m, 23–30 Dec. 2012, Malaise trap, ZADBI Project (ZADBI #501, INBio #106166).