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

Fig. 149 A – G

Type material.

Holotype. Bolivia • Female, CNC; La Paz, Yungas, 50 km North of La Paz ; 2,200 m; 27.i.1973; J. Helava leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1196945 .

Diagnostic description.

F 15 cubic (around same length than width); T 1 more or less parallel-sided but on posterior 0.3 narrowing towards posterior margin so that T 1 length is 3.0 × its width at posterior margin; T 1 strongly sculptured on posterior 0.7; T 2 shape trapezoidal but rather narrow, barely wider than T 1; T 2 with strong longitudinal striae; tegula and humeral complex brown; wings slightly infumated; pterostigma mostly yellow-white but with thin brown margins; all legs entirely brown to dark brown (except for very small, paler spots on posterior 0.1 of pro- and mesofemora and anterior 0.1–0.2 of tibiae); body length: 3.25 mm; fore wing length: 2.93 mm. Among species with T 2 strongly sculptured but transverse, Dolichogenidea yungas is similar to D. alexandrei , but it can be distinguished from it because of its much narrower T 1 and T 2, shorter ovipositor and ovipositor sheath, darker colored legs, infuscate wings and shorter vein R 1 in fore wing.

Distribution.

Bolivia.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the area where the species has been collected; the Yungas forests, along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains, are extremely diverse and represent a transitional zone between the Andean highlands and the eastern forests.

Figures

Figure 149. Dolichogenidea yungas Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1196945 A habitus, lateral B wings C head, frontal D metasoma, dorsal E head, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal G propodeum, dorsal.