Agrophaspidium monticola Wheeler and Mlynarek, sp. n.

(Figs. 2, 14–18)

Description (male only): Total length 2.0– 2.4mm. Frons yellow anteriorly, darker posteriorly; frontal triangle pollinose except for shining strips lateral to posterior ocelli and shining triangle anterior to anterior ocellus (Fig. 15); ocellar tubercle pollinose; 8–9 short fronto-orbital setae (Figs. 14–15); 7–8 interfrontal setae, anterior pair strongest; ocellar bristles convergent, short, half as long as postocellars; inner vertical bristle strong as postocellar bristles; outer vertical bristle strong, longer than other cephalic bristles; eye bare, genal height 0.08–0.09 times eye height; vibrissa longer than genal setae; postgena and occiput black, pollinose; face pale, pollinose; antenna pedicel yellow; first flagellomere yellow, brown at insertion of arista and dorsolaterally; arista black; proboscis brown, palpus yellow.

Scutum brown, mostly shining, with some scattered pollinosity; 1 postpronotal bristle stronger than others; scutellum dark, marginal projections well-developed; apical and sub-apical tubercles 0.33 times as long as scutellum (Fig. 2); scutellar bristles dark, strong, 1.4 times length of tubercles; thoracic pleurites with scattered pollinosity. Legs yellow except for wide band around middle of all femora and mid and hind tibiae. Wing: ratio of second to third costal sectors 1.9–2.1:1; halter white, with brown base; Abdomen brown, pollinose.

Male postabdomen: epandrium large and bulbous, much broader than rest of abdomen (Fig. 16); surstylus long, outer lobe with lateral flange near base, apex broad and triangular, inner lobe narrow, short, pointed (Figs. 17–18); cercus very broad and curved anteriorly in lateral view, ventral apex curved, branched (Figs. 17–18).

Type material: Holotype ɗ: COSTA RICA: Prov. Puntarenas, Monteverde, Estacion Biologica, 1540– 1800m, 21–24.vii.1995, J.M. Cumming (CNC). Paratype: COSTA RICA: Prov. Puntarenas, Monteverde, Finca Canada [Estacion Biologica], 21–22.viii.1992, D.C. Currie, yellow pan trap (1ɗ, CNC).

Etymology: The species name is from the Latin montis (mountain) and -cola (dweller), referring to the type locality.