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

Fig. 75 A – H

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales ; 10.9247, -85.4674; 1,080 m; 18.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031285 .

Diagnostic description.

Scutellar disc smooth; anterior half of mesopleuron smooth; anteromesoscutum with sparse and relatively shallow punctures; propodeum areola comparatively broad (its height ~ 1.2 × its central width) and open anteriorly; 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, comparatively less transverse, its width at posterior margin 2.8 × its central length; ovipositor sheath ~ 1.0 × metatibia length; ovipositor comparatively very thin, much thinner than half flagellomeres width; tegula white-yellow, humeral complex mostly brown; pterostigma mostly pale brown with small, paler spot anteriorly; metacoxa entirely dark brown; metatibia yellow at least on anterior 0.4–0.5; body length: 2.35 mm; fore wing length: 2.53 mm; BIN BOLD: AAM 5846 , which is 4.52 % different from the nearest BIN in BOLD as of March 2022. The coloration pattern, shape of T 2, ovipositor length and width, and body size are distinctive among species with T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured and T 1 comparatively thin.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAM 5846 (1 sequence, barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Dr. Jorge Cortes of San Jose, Costa Rica and of CIMAR of the Universidad de Costa Rica for his strong example and support of integrating university-level education with the Marine Parataxonomists program of GDFCF and ACG in northwestern Costa Rica.

Figures

Figure 75. Dolichogenidea jorgecortesi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0031285 A metasoma, lateral B habitus, lateral C head, frontal D head, dorsal E wings F hind leg, lateral G metasoma, dorsal H mesosoma, dorsal.