Dolichogenidea tristanpalolai Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 143 A – E

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa; 10.83764, -85.61871; 295 m; 25.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031859 . Paratypes. Costa Rica • 1 Female, 2 Males, CNC; DHJPAR 0012735, DHJPAR 0024742, DHJPAR 0031860 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 strongly narrowing towards posterior margin, its length medially ~ 4.0–5.0 × its width at posterior margin and its width at anterior margin 2.0 × its width at posterior margin; T 2 smooth; pro- and mesocoxae mostly yellow to yellow-pale brown, metacoxa mostly brown; metafemur and metatibia yellow; humeral complex, all laterotergites, sternites and hypopygium brown to dark brown; body length: 1.76–1.80 mm; fore wing length: 1.90–2.08 mm. The color of humeral complex, coxae, and lateral and ventral areas of metasoma, as well as the shape of T 1 distinguish this species among all with smooth T 2 and pale pro- and mesocoxae.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAI 9740 (5 sequences, 4 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Mr. Tristan Palola in recognition of his decade-plus of weathering the demands of being a major part of the Palola family with Mr. Eric Palola, as the two-country Executive Director of the NGO Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and its integration with the Costa Rican government’s Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica.