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

Fig. 81 A – E

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa ; 10.83764, -85.61871; 295 m; 25.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031741 .

Diagnostic description.

Propodeum sculptured but with almost complete areola (clearly defined posteriorly by carinae, anteriorly open); T 1 mostly smooth, at most with weak sculpture on posterior 0.3; T 2 smooth; ovipositor sheath 1.6 × as long metatibia length; ovipositor apically sinuate; mesosternum with a stripe yellow-brown, contrasting with rest of dark brown mesosternum; all coxae dark brown; hind leg mostly dark brown except for anterior 0.3 of metatibia yellow and yellow-white metatibial spurs; body length: 2.50 mm; fore wing length: 2.60 mm. Among all species with dark coxae and smooth or mostly smooth T 1 and T 2, D. kasiiya is distinctive because of its apically sinuate ovipositor, length of ovipositor sheath, smooth T 2 and propodeum sculpture.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAM 5750 (1 sequence, barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Mr. Mehdi Rheljari’s High End Hotel Kasiiya in whose tropical dry forest an inventory Malaise trap is now supported and running, on the Nicoya coast of Guanacaste Province for 2022–2023.

Figures

Figure 81. Dolichogenidea kasiiya Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0031741 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.