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

Fig. 19 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Puente Rio Negro ; 10.9038, -85.6027; 340 m; 29.iii.2011; Pablo Umana leg.; Host: Rivula Poole 03; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0043054 ; Host voucher code: 11-SRNP-41476 .

Diagnostic description.

Scutellar disc smooth; anterior half of mesopleuron smooth, anteromesoscutum with sparse and relatively shallow punctures; propodeum areola comparatively broad (its height ~ 1.2 × its central width) and open anteriorly; T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae; T 1 comparatively thin and mostly parallel-sided; T 2, comparatively less transverse, its width at posterior margin 3.0 × its central length; ovipositor comparatively thicker, at least as thick as 0.8 × flagellomeres width; tegula white-yellow, humeral complex mostly brown; pterostigma mostly pale brown with small, paler spot anteriorly; metacoxa entirely dark brown; body length: 2.31 mm; fore wing length: 2.53 mm; BIN BOLD: ABA 7252 , which is 3.71 % different from the nearest BIN in BOLD as of March 2022. Dolichogenidea andreamezae runs up to couplet 38 in the key above, where it cannot be separate from D. pedroleoni because the only known specimen of D. andreamezae lacks both hind legs (color and length of metatibia being important to differentiate the species). However, it can be recognized on the basis of smaller size (body length and fore wing length), distinctive DNA barcode, host family ( Erebidae ) and the wasp making solitary cocoons.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Reared from a single species of Erebidae , Rivula Poole 03.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: ABA 7252 (2 sequences, 2 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sra. Andrea Meza of Costa Rica for her strong support of the non-damaging biodevelopment of Costa Rica’s wild biodiversity, during her term as Ministra of Costa Rica’s Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia (MINAE) and before.

Figures

Figure 19. Dolichogenidea andreamezae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0043054 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor.