Alphomelon eldaarayae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 31A-E, 95B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Naciente, 10°59'13.38"N, 85°25'41.38"W, 700m; 18.IV.2007; ex: Neoxeniades sp. Burns04; coll. Petrona Rios; Voucher code: CNC1179987; Host voucher code: 07-SRNP-31939.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 8 females, CNC. Voucher codes: DHJPAR0042931, DHJPAR0042940, DHJPAR0049085, CNC1179988, CNC1179989 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), CNC958826, CNC958827, CNC958828 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen).

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Neoxeniades Burns03, Neoxeniades Burns04.

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAE2229.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sra. Elda Araya 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: with several tergites orange-yellow, some laterotergites and sternites yellow, rest mostly brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5 × its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: marked by weak carina. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: shorter than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.1-3.3 mm. Fore wing length: 3.0-3.5 mm.