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

Fig. 79 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales ; 10.92471, -85.46738; 1,080 m; 18.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031295 .

Diagnostic description.

Anteromesoscutum punctures near end of notauli well separated and similar to punctures on rest of anteromesoscutum; T 1 mostly parallel-sided but posterior 0.3 slightly narrowing towards posterior margin; T 1 mostly sculptured on posterior 0.5; T 2 smooth; T 2 transverse and comparatively narrow, its width at posterior margin> 3.0 × its length medially; scape entirely dark brown to black; tegula yellow, much paler than brown humeral complex; pro- and mesocoxae brown, metacoxa dark brown to black; metafemur mostly yellow, with brown spot on apical 0.1 dorsally; metatibia mostly yellow, with posterior 0.1–0.2 brown; body length: 2.45 mm; fore wing length: 2.65 mm. Among all species with T 2 smooth and dark coxae D. juanmatai can be distinguished by T 1 sculpture, T 2 shape, anteromesoscutum punctures, and scape, tegula and leg color. Another species, D. jaimelewisi is similar morphologically but has different coloration of scape, tegula and legs, as well as different puncture sculpture on anteromesoscutum.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAM 5740 (one sequence, barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Juan Mata of Costa Rica, and the Costa Rican National Museum, BioAlfa and the former INBio (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversity) in recognition of his two + decades dedicated to the biodiversity understanding of the Mantidae and the photography of taxonomic specimens for publications.

Figures

Figure 79. Dolichogenidea juanmatai Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0031295 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal F propodeum & T 1 – T 3, dorsal.