Dolichogenidea teremariae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2025

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Boudreault, Caroline, Whitfield, James B., Höcherl, Amelie, Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2025, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Dolichogenidea Viereck (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Neotropical region, with the description of 102 new species, ZooKeys 1237, pp. 1-250 : 1-250

Dolichogenidea teremariae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 138 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Cerro Pedregal , 10.92767, - 85.47449; 1,080 m; 22.xi.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0033770 . Paratypes. Costa Rica • 19 Females, 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0033957 , DHJPAR 0033887 , DHJPAR 0033772 , DHJPAR 0033920 , DHJPAR 0033956 , DHJPAR 0033773 , DHJPAR 0033779 , DHJPAR 0033769 , DHJPAR 0033761 , DHJPAR 0033763 , DHJPAR 0033789 , DHJPAR 0033952 , DHJPAR 0033883 , DHJPAR 0033882 , DHJPAR 0033886 , DHJPAR 0033924 , DHJPAR 0033790 , DHJPAR 0033765 , DHJPAR 0033764 .

Other material.

Honduras • 1 Female, 4 undetermined sex, CCDB; BIOUG 18845 - E 06 , BIOUG 25834 - A 10 , BIOUG 26881 - B 05 , BIOUG 26888 - A 01 , BIOUG 28324 - G 10 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 distinctively narrowing from posterior 0.3 towards posterior margin; T 2 transverse, its width at posterior margin> 3.5 × its central length; T 1 posterior 0.6 and T 2 (mostly) sculptured; ovipositor sheath approx. same length than metatibia length; reddish yellow spots along posterior margins of propleuron, dorsal margin of pronotum, postero-lateral margins of anteromesoscutum, and mesosternum, all of which are clearly distinctive from rest of mostly black mesosoma; pterostigma yellow-white with thin brown margins; pro- and mesocoxae mostly yellow, metacoxa dark brown; body length and fore wing length: 2.20–2.50 mm. This species can be recognized by its distinctively narrowing T 1, rather strong sculpture of T 1 and T 2, the yellow-white pterostigma and the reddish yellow spots on several areas of mesosoma.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Honduras.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: BOLD: AAM 5842 (286 sequences, 265 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named after Teresita María (Tere Mari) Galliano Garay, for her long-standing work with the ACG fauna, labelling, mounting and inspecting thousands of Microgastrinae specimens

Notes.

The record from Honduras is based on five sequences in BOLD which match by 99.56 % (approximately 3 bp of difference) with the almost 300 ACG sequences. Because we could not examine the Honduran specimens (other than examining a single photo available in BOLD, which also matches well with the ACG specimen) they are not included as paratypes but as other material.

Figures

Figure 138. Dolichogenidea teremariae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0033770 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor, lateral.