Dolichogenidea virgendelparamo Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 146 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Ecuador • Female, CNC; Napo, Quito-Baeza road; 4,000 m; 10.ii.1983; L. Masner & M. Sharkey leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1179670 .

Paratypes. Ecuador • 3 Females, 10 Males, CNC; CNC 1179676, CNC 1179691, CNC 1179697, CNC 1179707, CNC 1179760, CNC 1179762, CNC 1179803, CNC 1179823, CNC 1179824, CNC 1179825, CNC 1179827, CNC 1179828, CNC 1179899 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 broadening towards posterior margin, 1.2 × as long as width at posterior margin; T 1 with strong, longitudinal striae on posterior 0.5; T 2 mostly sculptured (but centrally smooth, with one female having T 2 almost entirely smooth), with anterior and posterior margin strongly sinuate; ovipositor sheath 1.0–1.1 × as long as metatibia; comparatively very dark-colored species, with all legs entirely dark brown to black (except for anterior 0.2–0.3 of metatibia which is yellow-brown); palpi, tegula and humeral complex dark brown; pterostigma mostly yellow but with brown margins, most veins in fore wing brown; body length: 3.20–3.50 mm; fore wing length: 3.50–3.80 mm. Among species with T 1 and T 2 sculptured (but with T 2 not entirely sculptured and very transverse), this species is characterized by its very dark coloration, pterostigma mostly yellow with brown margins and body size, as well as characteristic sculpture and shape of T 1. The species D. lacochaparamo is morphologically similar but has paler colored palpi, tegula humeral complex and pterostigma, smaller body size and more strongly sculptured T 2.

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the lookout “ Virgen Del Paramo ”, which at 4,000–4,100 m is the highest point in the road from Quito to Baeza and the locality where most of the specimens from this species have been collected.