Dolichogenidea stephmae 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1237.141007
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F77FA5A7-28CC-44B4-9428-D799119E4A18
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15357727
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D1F2E27C-BD75-5193-B220-EF457B0DB6FB
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Dolichogenidea stephmae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Dolichogenidea stephmae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 135 A – F View Figure 135

Type material.

Holotype. Brazil • Female, CNC; São Paulo, Serra da Bocaina, São Jose do Barreiro ; 1,650 m; xi.1968; F. M. Oliveira leg; Voucher code: CNC 1179700 View Materials .

Diagnostic description.

Antenna shorter than body length; anteromesoscutum with comparatively strong punctures; propodeum entirely areolated and mostly sculptured; T 1 parallel-sided and mostly strongly sculptured but with central area depressed and a polished knob centrally at posterior margin; T 2 transverse and mostly sculptured but with central area smooth; ovipositor sheath slightly longer (1.1–1.2 ×) than metatibia length; all coxae brown; anterior 0.5 of profemur and entire meso- and metafemora brown; metatibia with anterior 0.5 yellow and posterior 0.5 brown; comparatively smaller size, body length: 2.10 mm; fore wing length: 2.30 mm. This is a very distinctive species based on sculpture of anteromesoscutum, propodeum and T 1 and T 2, shape of T 1 and T 2, short antenna, leg color, and body size.

Distribution.

Brazil (SP).

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

The second author dedicates this species to her great sister-in-law Stéphanie Mayer. Stéphanie has been an inspiration by her sense of adventure, her love of travelling, and nice personality. The species’ name consists of the first five letters of “ Stephanie ” and the first letter of her last name “ Mayer ”.