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

Fig. 42 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Rincon ; 10.8962, -85.27769; 430 m; 28.iii.2012; Jose Perez leg.; Host: gelJanzen 01 Janzen 23; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0049406 ; Host voucher code: 12-SRNP-41329 .

Diagnostic description.

Ocelli comparatively larger, ocular ocellar line <2.2 × posterior ocellar line; anteromesoscutum more or less shiny but with well-marked punctures; scutellar disc smooth and shiny, without punctures; fore wing vein 2 CU medially raised or arched in a sharp angle; T 1 strongly sculptured on posterior 0.5; T 2 mostly sculptured but smooth centrally or along margins; T 2 transverse, its width at posterior margin ~ 3.5 × its central length; tegula and humeral complex yellow; all coxae brown to dark brown; metatibia (except for darker spot on posterior 0.1) and part of metafemur (anterior 0.2 and posterior 0.1) yellow; body length: 3.03 mm; fore wing length: 3.22 mm. The shape and sculpture of T 1 and T 2, ocelli size, fore wing venation and color of tegula, humeral complex and legs distinguish this species among all others with T 2 sculptured but transverse and dark coxae.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Depressariidae : Gonionota Janzen 22, Gelechiidae : gelJanzen 01 Janzen 23.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAI 9755 (4 sequences, 4 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Dr. Christiana Agapakis of Gingko Bioworks in recognition of her warm and detailed 2022 welcome to representatives from GDFCF / ACG exploring the potential of a synthetic biology foundry with strong potential for non-damaging development of complex tropical biodiversity genomics as a potential product from wild tropical ecosystems, and therefore increasing their intact desirability by tropical societies.

Figures

Figure 42. Dolichogenidea christinaagapakisae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0049406 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D metasoma, dorsal E mesoscutum, dorsal F ovipositor, lateral.