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Here we elucidate and justify a DNA barcode approach to insect species description that can be applied to name tens of thousands of species of   Ichneumonoidea   and many other species-rich taxa. Each description consists of a lateral habitus image of the specimen, a  COI  barcode diagnosis, and the holotype specimen information required by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. We believe this approach, or a slight modification of it, will be useful for many other underdescribed hyperdiverse taxa, especially in the tropics. Due to the extreme species-richness of the   Ichneumonoidea  , the very low percentage of described species, and the lack of detailed biological information for most described species, the standard taxonomic approach is inefficient and overwhelmingly time consuming. A DNA barcode-based approach to initial description will provide a solid foundation of species hypotheses from which more comprehensive descriptions can be developed as other data, time, and budgets permit. Here we elucidate this view and detailed methodology that can generally be applied to species-rich underdescribed taxa. A real example is given by describing species in two genera,    Hemichoma    and    Zelomorpha   , reared from the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. The generic type species    Zelomorpha   arizonensis    is given a DNA barcode diagnosis and the following new species are described:    Zelomorpha   angelsolisi   ,    Zelomorpha   bobandersoni   ,    Zelomorpha   danjohnsoni   ,    Zelomorpha   donwindsori   ,    Zelomorpha   effugia   ,    Zelomorpha   johnchemsaki   ,    Zelomorpha   kellyanneae   ,    Zelomorpha   larrykirkendalli   ,    Zelomorpha   mariyavladmirovnae   ,    Zelomorpha   mikeiviei   ,    Zelomorpha   myricagaleae   ,    Zelomorpha   noahjaneae   ,    Zelomorpha   paulgoldsteini   ,    Zelomorpha   terryerwini   ,    Zelomorpha   willsflowersi   ,    Hemichoma   donwhiteheadi   ,    Hemichoma   frankhovorei   , and    Hemichoma   johnkingsolveri   .

A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment