Revision of the genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica Author Fernandez-Triana, Jose Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6 Canada Author Boudreault, Caroline https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-2626 Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6 Canada Author Dapkey, Tanya Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA Author Smith, M. Alex https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-2575 Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N 1 G 2 W 1 Canada Author Rodriguez, J. Dept. of Natural Sciences, University of Virginia's College at Wise, Wise, VA 24293 USA Author Hallwachs, Winnie Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA Author Janzen, Daniel H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-5107 Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2016 2016-06-27 50 25 79 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8220 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8220 1314-2607-50-25 8899289F770746669D57068469D75918 3037FFE8FF9F4238FFD37D19D80B417B 125226 Promicrogaster eimyobandoae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n. Figs 45-50 Holotype. Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Potrero Argentina, 520m, 10.89021 , -85.38803 . DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0027520. Paratypes. 1♀, 1♂ (CNC), same locality as holotype. 1♂ (CNC), ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 500m, 10.90037 , -85.37254 . DNA voucher codes: DHJPAR0025577, DHJPAR0025685, DHJPAR0026587. Description. Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles light brown to yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown to black. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: brown. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: orange-yellow. Malar distance: less than 0.2 x eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: mostly sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.10 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.06 mm. Body length: 2.78-2.80 mm. Fore wing length: 2.73-2.80 mm. Ovipositor length: 1.69-1.84 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.63 mm. Metafemur length: 0.69-0.71 mm. Metatibia length: 0.87-0.92 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.32 mm/ 0.15-0.23 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.11 mm/ 0.32-0.37 mm. Distribution. Costa Rica (ACG, mid-elevation rain forest). Etymology. Promicrogaster eimyobandoae is named in honor of 12-year-old Eimy Yuleisi Obando Zelaya from the La Garita Vieja school for her growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in her homeland.