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

Figs 141 A – F , 142 A – E , 165 A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Perdido ; 10.8794, -85.3861; 620 m; 12.viii.2013; Elda Araya leg.; Host: Stenoma Janzen 699; DHJPAR 0053027 . [The label of the holotype has a wrong date printed (08 / 01 / 2013) and it does not specify the host information, both data were checked from BOLD and http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/caterpillars/database.htm]. Paratypes. Costa Rica • 12 Females 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0051077 , DHJPAR 0049871 , DHJPAR 0048179 , DHJPAR 0047198 , DHJPAR 0041613 , DHJPAR 0049315 , DHJPAR 0051123 , DHJPAR 0020706 , DHJPAR 0050138 , DHJPAR 0054862 , DHJPAR 0020677 , DHJPAR 0020676 , DHJPAR 0020793 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae; T 1 comparatively thin and mostly parallel-sided but posterior 0.1–0.3 slightly narrowing towards posterior margin; T 2 broadly rectangular in shape (with posterior margin slightly arcuate); ovipositor sheath ~ 2.0 × metatibia length; metacoxa partially yellow partially dark brown; body length: 2.60–3.10 mm; fore wing length: 2.72–3.13 mm; BIN BOLD: AAD 8952 , which is 4.97 % different from the nearest BIN in BOLD as of March 2022. The ovipositor sheath length, body size and metacoxa color separate it from all other species with T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured and T 1 comparatively thin.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Reared from many host species within three genera of Depressariidae ( Stenomatinae ): Antaeotricha incrassata , Antaeotricha cirrhoxanthaDHJ 02, Antaeotricha similisEPR 01, Antaeotricha similisEPR 02, Antaeotricha BioLep 46, Antaeotricha Janzen 23, Antaeotricha Janzen 31, Antaeotricha Janzen 77, Antaeotricha Janzen 106, Antaeotricha Janzen 146, Antaeotricha Janzen 290, Antaeotricha Janzen 292 DHJ 0, Antaeotricha Janzen 364, Antaeotricha Philips 01, Chlamydastis Janzen 04, Stenoma Janzen 18, Stenoma Janzen 58, Stenoma Janzen 199, Stenoma Janzen 699.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAD 8952 (62 sequences, 58 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Mr. Tom Daley of Moraga, California, USA in recognition of his years of administration of financial and tax affairs for the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and its conservation-based integration with Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 141. Dolichogenidea tomdaleyi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0053027 A habitus, lateral B head, fronto-lateral C wings D propodeum & T 1 – T 3, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal F metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 142. Dolichogenidea tomdaleyi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault paratype female DHJPAR 0051077 A habitus, lateral B wings C ovipositor sheaths & hind leg, lateral D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 165. Parasite Cocoons of A Dolichogenidea tomdaleyi Janzen 14 06 - SRNP- 31849 - DHJ 436533 B Dolichogenidea cedenoae 13 - SRNP- 31589 - DHJ 804613.