taxonID	type	description	language	source
9385C181938F53AB8AD8C73EA9FB1C46.taxon	description	Figs 38 - 44, 45 - 50	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
9385C181938F53AB8AD8C73EA9FB1C46.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Black with contrasting white basal 3 tarsomeres. Wings a contrasting bright yellow. Female lancet (Fig. 42) short, but with distinct serrulae and annuli at apex.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
9385C181938F53AB8AD8C73EA9FB1C46.taxon	description	Description. Female (Fig. 38): Length, 10.0 mm. Black, small mark on outer surface of scape and basal 3 tarsomeres white. Wings, with veins and stigma, completely golden yellow. Head and thorax shiny, without sculpture, abdomen dull and densely microsculptured. Head (Figs 39, 40): Antenna 2.1 x head width; scape and pedicel each slightly longer than broad; 3 rd antennomere slightly longer than 4 th, 4 th to 9 th antennomeres gradually decreasing in length. Malar space less than half diameter of front ocellus; clypeus with shallow, circular emargination. Lower interocular distance subequal to eye height. Distances between eye and lateral ocellus, between lateral ocelli, and between lateral ocellus and hind margin of head as 1.0: 0.5: 1.2; postocellar area almost quadrate, very slightly broader than long, with deep lateral grooves. Thorax: Hind basitarsus slightly longer than length of remaining tarsomeres combined, as 1.0: 0.8; apical hind tibial spurs sub equal in length, length slightly less than width of hind tibia at apex. Hind tibia and hind basitarsus slightly flattened, each with longitudinal groove. Tarsal claw with long inner tooth, very slightly shorter than outer tooth. Abdomen: Sheath (Fig. 41) short and rounded at apex in lateral view; in dorsal view, uniformly wide with stiff, straight hairs at apex. Lancet (Fig. 42) short, with few annuli and serrulae. Male: Length 8.5 - 9.5 mm. Color and structure as for female. Genitalia in Figs 43, 44; harpes oval, slightly longer than broad; parapenis very narrow, elongate, apex slanted laterally; valviceps of penis valve rounded at apex, with narrow dorsal lobe directed posterorly. Larva: Last feeding instar (Figs 45, 48 - 50): Ca. 20 mm long. Head black; width ca. 2.5 mm. Body reddish yellow with longitudinal 3 dark green to dark gray stripes (one mesially on dorsum, other two above lateral lobes). Thorax laterally reddish yellow with black spots, thoracic legs black, spiracular to proleg area of abdominal segments 1 - 10 creamy white. Abdominal segment 10 and anal plate black (n = 7).	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
9385C181938F53AB8AD8C73EA9FB1C46.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after Melanie Carranza who started to have a passion for insects and helped with the rearing of this species and getting the adults.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
D7CDC01DDE4E51639C78C4E86F013225.taxon	description	Description. Antenna with scape and pedicel each longer than broad. Mandibles evenly curved, each with one subapical tooth. Clypeus truncate to very shallowly emarginate. Malar space less than half diameter of an ocellus. Genal carina absent. Eyes large, converging below, lower interocular distance subequal to or slightly less than eye height. Head from above narrowing behind eyes; distance behind eyes half or less eye length. Epicnemium elongate, flat, on same level as mesepisternum and separated by a fine suture. Anal cross vein of forewing absent. Anal cell of hindwing sessile. Tarsal claws with one inner tooth about as long and broad as outer tooth and located near outer tooth; basal lobe absent.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
D7CDC01DDE4E51639C78C4E86F013225.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters; the gender is feminine.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
81B6E560479E56689ADE77EA3BAE8BD0.taxon	description	Figs 16 - 23, 24 - 30, 31 - 37, 53	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
81B6E560479E56689ADE77EA3BAE8BD0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Largely black with reddish-brown to yellow spots on head, thorax, and transverse stripes on abdomen (Fig. 16). Lancet (Fig. 20) very short, without distinct serrulae or annuli. Male with concave area on apical tergite.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
81B6E560479E56689ADE77EA3BAE8BD0.taxon	description	Description. Female (Fig. 16): Length 9.5 mm. Antenna with scape yellow, pedicel and flagellum reddish brown, 4 th antennomere to apex sometimes darker brown than pedicel and 3 rd antennomere. Head mostly yellow with black marks; black on postocellar area, broad stripes from lateral ocelli almost to antennal insertions, area surrounding front ocellus, spot on occiput above each eye, spot above interantennal area, narrow bands surrounding antennal sockets. Thorax mostly yellow with black marks on center of mesoscutal middle lobe, lateral lobes except sides, downturned lateral sides of lateral lobes, mesoscutellar appendage, area between cenchri, mesosternum, line separating epicnemium, and spot on lower margin of propleuron. Legs yellow with black stripe on outer surface of hind femur. Abdomen with first 2 segments mostly yellow, segments 3 to apex mostly black above, apical 3 or 4 segments black. Sheath reddish brown at apex, black at base. Wings lightly, uniformly hyaline, costa and stigma yellow, other veins black. Head and thorax shiny, without sculpture, abdomen dull densely microsculptured. Head (Figs 17, 18): Antennal length 2.0 x head width; scape and pedicel about as long as broad, 3 rd antennomere slightly longer than 4 th, as 1.0: 0.8; antennomeres 4 to apex slightly decreasing in length, slightly thickened at antennomeres 5 - 7. Clypeus with shallow, circular emargination. Malar space less than half diameter of front ocellus. Lower interocular distance slightly longer than eye height, as 1.0: 0.9. Distances between eye and lateral ocellus, between lateral ocelli, and between lateral ocellus and hind margin of head as 1.0: 0.6: 1.0; postocellar area about 1.6 x broader than long. Thorax: Hindbasitarsus subequal in length to remaining tarsomeres combined; hind tibial spurs subequal in length, about as long as width of hind tibia at apex. Abdomen: Sheath (Fig. 19) in lateral view narrow, slightly turned up at apex, dorsal margin slightly concave, ventral margin rounded, tapering to narrowly rounded apex; in dorsal view broad at base, tapering to narrow rounded apex, with long, fine hairs. Lancet (Fig. 20) very short; serrulae and annuli barely discernable. Male: Length, 8.0 mm. Color similar to female. Apex of abdomen (Fig. 21) with deep, oval concavity dorsally: 7 th tergite emarginate and with ridge at apex, 8 th tergite deeply concave. Genitalia in Figs 22, 23; harpe rounded; parapenis rounded at apex, slanted laterally; valviceps of penis valve with long, narrow apical lobe and long narrow dorsal lobe. Larva: Last feeding instar (Figs 34, 35): Length 18 - 24 mm. Head black, width ca. 2.2 mm. Body pale green with yellowish tint, yellowish tint more visible on thoracic segments 2 and 3, and abdominal segments 7 - 10 and abdominal tergum 1 yellow, lateral lobes of thoracic segments 2 - 3 yellow, thoracic legs black, spiracular to proleg area of abdominal segments 1 - 10 creamy white (n = 7).	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
81B6E560479E56689ADE77EA3BAE8BD0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name Leseha vespa is Latin for wasp. This species resembles a commonly seen yellow and black striped paper wasp, an Agelaia sp. (Vespidae), at the same habitat of the study site in Monteverde.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
09A67951C064535B8F430698C1E87C12.taxon	description	Figs 1 - 8, 9 - 15	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
09A67951C064535B8F430698C1E87C12.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Head black; legs with coxae, trochanters, and femora orange, tibiae and tarsi black; wings yellow with apex from stigma black; abdomen orange with apex black; lancet (Fig. 5) elongate, gradually tapering from base to apex; annuli straight.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
09A67951C064535B8F430698C1E87C12.taxon	description	Description. Female (Fig. 1): Length 8.5 mm. Antenna, head, and mouthparts black. Thorax orange with large black spot on mesoscutal middle lobe. Legs with coxae, trochanters, and femora orange, tibiae and tarsi black. Abdomen orange with apical three segments and sheath black. Forewing yellow infuscated with apex from base of stigma black; veins yellow in yellow part, black in black part; stigma mostly black with extreme base orange. Hindwing yellow with apex from about apex of stigma black; veins yellow in yellow part, black in black part; stigma mostly yellow. Head (Figs 1 - 3): Antenna long, slender, 2.4 x head width; 1 st and 2 nd antennomeres each longer than broad; 3 rd antennomere subequal in length to 4 th; 5 th antennomere 0.7 x length of 4 th; apical 4 antennomeres about subequal in length, together about 1.3 x length of 3 rd; apical 4 antennomeres with elongate, pale sensory pits the length of each antennomere except for the basal quarter of the 6 th. Malar space about as broad as diameter of front ocellus. Lower interocular distance 1.1 x eye height. Distances between eye and lateral ocellus, between lateral ocelli, and between lateral ocellus and hind margin of head as 1.0: 0.7: 0.8; postocellar area 1.6 x broader than long. Thorax: Hind basitarsus 1.3 x longer than remaining tarsomeres combined; inner hind tibial spur 0.3 x length of hind basitarsus. Abdomen: Sheath uniformly slender in dorsal view, with short, stiff hairs; in lateral view (Fig. 4) straight above, rounded below. Lancet (Fig. 5) long, gradually tapering from base to apex, annuli parallel and straight; with about 25 serrulae, serrulae flat with 4 or 5 small subbasal teeth. Male: Length, 8.0 mm. Color and structure similar to holotype. Genitalia in Figs 7, 8; harpe elongate, about 2.3 x longer than broad; valviceps of penis vale rounded at apex, with dorsal lobe. Larva (Figs 12 - 15): Last feeding instar 15 - 25 mm long. Head black, width ca. 2.5 mm. Body white, second thoracic segment to abdominal segment 7 greenish internally; thoracic legs white, apically yellowish, claws black. Abdominal segments 1 - 7 with yellow tint more visible along spiracular to proleg area; anal plate white (n = 20).	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
09A67951C064535B8F430698C1E87C12.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is the generic name of the host plant.	en	Smith, David R., Nishida, Kenji (2019): A new genus and three new species of Neotropical sawflies (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from Costa Rica, with host plants and life history notes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 72: 45-65, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.72.38908
