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

Fig. 6 A – H

Type material.

Holotype. Chile • Female, CNC; Atacama, Chanaral de Aceituno ; 12.x.1958; L. E. Pena leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1196525 . Paratypes. Chile • 3 Males, CNC; CNC 1196544 , CNC 1196545 , CNC 1196567 .

Diagnostic description.

Face rostriformis (malar space longer than mandible width) and with slightly elongate mouth parts; T 1 and T 2 entirely smooth and shiny; T 1 very broad at posterior margin, almost quadrate, its length 1.05 × its width at posterior margin; ovipositor sheath 1.5 × metatibia length; fore wing veins mostly transparent; pterostigma mostly yellow but with brown margins; palpi, tegula and humeral complex dark brown; all coxae black to dark brown; profemur dark brown on posterior half, meso- and metafemora entirely dark brown; body length: 3.70 mm; fore wing length: 3.90 mm. Among all species with smooth T 1 and T 2, D. aceituno is very distinctive because of its elongate face and mouth parts, dark coloration of coxae and femora and broad T 1.

Distribution.

Chile.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the type locality, the Chañaral de Aceituno, in the Chanaral Island ( Isla Chanaral) where the Pingüino de Humboldt National Reserve, an important nature reserve for marine wildlife, is located.

Figures

Figure 6. Dolichogenidea aceituno Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1196525 A head, fronto-lateral B habitus, lateral C head, frontal D head, dorsal E wings F propodeum & T 1 – T 3, dorsal G metasoma, dorsal H mesosoma, dorsal.