Dolichogenidea anikenpalolae 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 anikenpalolae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Figs 22 A – F , 154 B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Albergue Crater ; 10.8489, -85.3281; 980 m; 31.v.2010; Carolina Cano leg.; Host: spiloBioLep 01 BioLep 379; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0040482 ; Host voucher code: 10-SRNP-2764 . Paratypes. Costa Rica • 2 Females, 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0049280 , DHJPAR 0049330 , DHJPAR 0049340 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 and T 2 smooth; apical 0.5 of T 1 narrowing towards posterior margin, so that T 1 length is ~ 3.0 × its width at posterior margin; pterostigma mostly white-yellow on anterior 0.5–0.7, with darker (pale brown) margins; pro- and mesocoxae yellow-white, metacoxa mostly yellow-white with brown spot on anterior 0.1–0.2; metafemur and metatibia mostly yellow-white but with brown to dark brown margin dorsally (dark dorsal margin only partially defined on metafemur); body length: 2.97–3.22 mm; fore wing length: 3.06–3.47 mm. The color of pterostigma, metafemur and metatibia, as well as shape of T 1 distinguish this species among all with smooth T 2 and pale pro- and mesocoxae.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Crambidae : Spilomeninae, spiloBioLep 01 BioLep 379

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: ABY 1812 (5 sequences, 5 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Ms. Aniken Palola in recognition of her 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.

Figures

Figure 22. Dolichogenidea anikenpalolae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0040482 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesoscutum, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal F metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 154. Parasite Cocoons of A Dolichogenidea angelsolisi Janzen 62 13 - SRNP- 70810 - DHJ 804622 B Dolichogenidea anikenpalolae Whitfield 80 10 - SRNP- 2762 - DHJ 496086.