Dolichogenidea alanflemingi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Figs 9 A – E, 151 A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Pasmompa, Sector Pitilla; 11°1'8.40"N, 85°24'36"W; 440 m; 17.iii.2010; Calixto Moraga leg.; Host: Antaeotricha Janzen 146; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0039472; Host voucher code: 10-SRNP-30807 .

Other material.

Saint Vincent • 1 Female, CNC; CNC 1196962; Trinidad & Tobago • 2 Females, CNC; CNC 1179943, CNC 1179701 .

Diagnostic description.

Overall body mostly shiny and smooth, including scutellar disc and most of propodeum (except for weak carinae defining a partial areola); T 1 strongly narrowing near posterior margin (T 1 length> 3.0 × its width at posterior margin); T 1 and T 2 smooth; ovipositor sheath 0.8 × as long as metatibia length; legs mostly dark brown (except for tibiae and tarsi of first two pairs of legs); body length: 1.70 mm; fore wing length: 2.15 mm. Among all species with dark coxae and smooth T 1 and T 2, D. alanflemingi is distinguished by shape of T 1, overall body sculpture, small body size and ovipositor sheath length. Dolichogenidea annychaverae is morphologically similar but has F 15 comparatively much shorter, ovipositor sheath comparatively longer, T 1 comparatively thicker and with different shape (see key for better diagnosis of these two species). They also have different DNA barcodes.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Saint Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago.

Biology.

Solitary. Depressariidae: Antaeotricha Janzen 49, Antaeotricha Janzen 146.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAN 2497 (2 sequences, 2 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Mr. Alan Fleming of the Diptera Division of the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa in recognition of his solid full-time 10 years, and ongoing, taxonomizing of the Tachinidae of Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica.

Notes.

The specimens from Trinidad & Tobago and Saint Vincent are very similar but body coloration is paler, more dark reddish brown than black, therefore they are not included as paratypes.