Molecular and morphological revision of Evania, Hyptia, and Decevania (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) of Costa Rica

Evaniidae are large, unique, and relatively common predators of cockroach eggs. Despite many fascinating biological attributes, such as mimicry complexes and variable oviposition behaviors, evaniids have been largely ignored by systematists and ecologists. Currently, there are only 6 described species of Evaniidae in Costa Rica. We discovered several new morphospecies of Evania, Hyptia, and Decevania in Costa Rica and have tested these concepts with novel morphological and molecular techniques. We have developed multiple new loci from protein coding genes to use as independent tests against the barcoding region of COI. We have also discovered several new internal morphological characters used to delineate species.