Alphomelon osvaldoespinozai Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 58A-E, 101A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Garzasol, 10°53'47.98"N, 85°17'24.11"W, 400m; 21.III.2007; ex. Vettius pica; coll. Jose Perez; Voucher code: DHJPAR0030952; Host voucher code: 07-SRNP-40735.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 3 females, 2 males, CNC; CNC1179920 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), DHJPAR0030884, DHJPAR0031005, DHJPAR0038181, CNC1180004.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Enosis immaculata, Eutychide ochus, Oxynthes corusca, Parphorus decora, Psoralis Janzen38, Vettius pica, and an unidentified hesperiid with provisional name "hespJanzen01 Janzen60".

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAJ2207.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Osvaldo Espinoza in honor of his decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput and onto clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: white/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 3. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: marked by weak carina. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.8-4.7 mm. Fore wing length: 3.9-4.6 mm.