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

Fig. 46 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Brazil • Female, CNC; Bahia, Encruzilhada ; 980 m; xi.1974; M. Alvarenga leg.; voucher code: CNC 1180167 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 strongly sculptured with longitudinal striae; T 1 parallel-sided, 1.3 × as long as its width at posterior margin; T 2 entirely smooth and transverse; ovipositor sheath around same length (1.15 ×) than metatibia length; tegula and humeral complex yellow; pterostigma mostly brown with pale spot at base; all coxae brown; meso- and metatrochantelli dark brown to black; profemur yellow, meso- and metafemora brown; metatibia mostly brown, with only anterior 0.2 yellow; body mostly dark brown to pale brown; comparatively smaller species; body length: 2.30 mm; fore wing length: 2.60 mm. Among species with T 1 strongly sculptured but T 2 smooth and transverse, this species can be recognized by the coloration of tegula, humeral complex and legs, pterostigma and length of ovipositor sheaths. D. luishamiltoni is similar but can be differentiated from D. encruzilhada because the former has darker coloration, slightly broader T 1 and comparatively larger body size.

Distribution.

Brazil (BA).

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the municipality of Encruzilhada, where the holotype was collected, in the Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica). This is a region characterized by high biodiversity and endemism, but also needing conservation due to its high degree of deforestation threatening many plant and animal species with extinction.

Figures

Figure 46. Dolichogenidea encruzilhada Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1180167 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C head, dorsal D wings E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.