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

Fig. 87 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Ecuador • Female, CNC; Napo, Limoncocha ; 250 m; 15–28.vi.1976; S & J Peck leg.; CNC 1179901 .

Diagnostic description.

Fore wing veins r and 2 RS strongly angulate; T 1 strongly sculptured; T 1 more or less parallel-sided, only very slightly narrowing near posterior margin,> 2.5 × as long as wide at posterior margin; T 2 trapezoidal and mostly smooth; tegula and humeral complex yellow; all coxae yellow-white; metafemur mostly yellow-white with only posterior 0.1 brown; comparatively paler colored metasoma, with most laterotergites and all sternites and hypopygium yellow-white, T 1 dark brown, T 2 pale yellow-brown, and T 3 (entirely), T 4 (mostly), and T 5 (partially, centrally) yellow to yellow-white; body length: 2.78 mm; fore wing length: 2.73 mm. A very distinctive species based on its rather unique pale color of metasoma (especially T 4 and T 5), pale colored legs, and T 1 more or less parallel-sided.

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the type locality.

Figures

Figure 87. Dolichogenidea limoncocha Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1179901 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.