Dolichogenidea phthorimaeae ( Muesebeck, 1921 )

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 phthorimaeae ( Muesebeck, 1921)

Figs 107 A – F , 108 A, B

Distribution.

Canada (ON), Honduras, United States (FL, LA).

Biology.

Solitary. Gelechiidae : Keiferia glochinella , Keiferia inconspicuella , Keiferia lycopersicella .

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Notes.

See key and Table 1 above for more details on this species. Yu et al. (2016) did not list whether the parasitoid is solitary or gregarious, but from the original description ( Muesebeck 1921) it is clear that it is solitary.

Figures

Figure 107. Dolichogenidea phthorimaeae (Muesebeck) female CNCHYM 01118 A habitus, lateral B propodeum & T 1 – T 2, dorsal C wings D head, frontal E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 108. Dolichogenidea phthorimaeae (Muesebeck) holotype female A habitus, dorsal B habitus, lateral.