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

Fig. 28 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Colombia • Female, CNC; Antioquia; 7°5'N [here corrected to 7°3'N, see Notes below] 76°30'W; 1,800 m; 15.iv.1973; J. Helava leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1179669 . Paratypes. Colombia • 3 Females, 4 Males, CNC; CNC 1179732 , CNC 1179829 , CNC 1179888 , CNC 1179923 , CNC 1179928 , CNC 1179931 , CNC 1179939 .

Diagnostic description.

F 2 length 2.5 × F 14 length; T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae; T 1 comparatively broad, mostly parallel-sided but slightly widening towards posterior margin; T 2 more or less transverse, with anterior margin centrally arcuate, so that its width at posterior margin is ~ 3.0 × its length medially; pterostigma mostly brown but with pale spot on proximal 0.2; metacoxa almost entirely dark brown (very small yellow spot on posterior 0.1); metatibia dark brown to black on posterior 0.5; metatibial spurs entirely yellow; metasoma mostly pale colored, with T 1 black, T 2 dark brown to black, T 3 – T 7 mostly yellow but with small pale brown band centrally, all laterotergites yellow, sternites and hypopygium mostly yellow but ventrally with small brown band; body length and fore wing lengths: 3.50–3.70 mm. Among all species with heavily sculptured T 1 and T 2, this species is distinctive by its T 2 shape (especially anterior margin), metatibia posterior 0.5 dark brown, body and fore wing length size, and extensive yellow coloration of metasoma.

Distribution.

Colombia.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the Colombian department where the species was collected.

Notes.

When the coordinates written in the labels of the collected specimens are checked in a map, they correspond to ~ 700 m of elevation, much less than the 1,800 m indicated in those same labels. A careful analysis of the surrounding area shows that if the latitude would be slightly modified by ~ 2 minutes (7°3'N instead of the 7°5'N written in the labels), the resulting place would be the road close to “ Termales Peque Antioquia ”, which is an accessible and commonly visited place in the area and it happens to be at ~ 1,800 m. Although it is impossible to be entirely sure, it is a reasonable assumption to consider that the labels had an error (either a typo when writing the latitude or an error when measuring it), and that the amended latitude by us is the most likely type locality for the species.

Figures

Figure 28. Dolichogenidea antioquia Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1179669 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C head, dorsal D wings E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.