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

Fig. 31 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima ; 10.93328, -85.45729; 1,460 m; 18.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031544 . Paratypes. Costa Rica • 8 Females, 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0046031 , DHJPAR 0031476 , DHJPAR 0013459 , DHJPAR 0031475 , DHJPAR 0012550 , DHJPAR 0031451 , DHJPAR 0031482 , DHJPAR 0031483 , DHJPAR 0031519 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 mostly sculptured with longitudinal striae; T 2 with central smooth area; T 2 width at posterior margin <3.0 × its central length; ovipositor sheath 1.3 × as long as metatibia length; pterostigma entirely brown; legs mostly brown to dark brown, but metatibia with anterior 0.2 yellow; body length: 2.03–2.41 mm; fore wing length: 2.33–2.84 mm. Among species with T 2 not entirely sculptured and dark coxae, D. bernardoespinozai can be distinguished by T 1 and T 2 sculpture, short ovipositor sheath length and pterostigma color. We could not find any reliable morphological character to separate it from D. angelsolisi , but the two species can be diagnosed based on strong molecular differences (almost 10 % base pairs difference between the two of them). Furthermore, the two species have been found at different elevations and ecosystems. D. bernardoespinozai has been collected in rainforest and cloud forests, at higher elevations between 1,220 –1,460 m in ACG and as up to 3,000 m elsewhere in Costa Rica (Parque Nacional Los Quetzales, San José Province), with only a single specimen collected at 815 m (ACG); whereas D. angelsolisi has only been collected at a much lower elevation, 475 m in ACG, corresponding to dry forest.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAE 8596 (17 sequences, 16 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Bernardo Espinoza of San Jose, and the Costa Rican National Museum, BioAlfa and the former INBio (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversity) in recognition of his more than two decades dedicated to the taxonomic biodiversity understanding of the Arctiinae (Erebidae) Lepidoptera of Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 31. Dolichogenidea bernardoespinozai Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault paratype female DHJPAR 0012550 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor, lateral.