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

Fig. 62 A – G

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Heredia; 10°17'N, 84°10'W; 1,400 m; J. Helava leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1180108 .

Diagnostic description.

Hind legs tarsal claws simple; T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae (but T 2 striae sparser, with small smoother area centrally); T 1 more or less parallel-sided but comparatively narrow, ~ 2.0 × as long as wide at posterior margin; T 2 comparatively broad, its width at posterior margin ~ 2.5 × its length medially; ovipositor sheath length 1.3 × metatibia length; pterostigma mostly pale yellow-brown but with thin brown margins; metacoxa dark brown on anterior 0.7 and yellow on posterior 0.3; metatibia with dorsal dark brown band on entire length of metatibia; body length: 3.25 mm; fore wing length: 3.41 mm. Among all species with heavily sculptured T 1 and T 2, this species is distinctive by its T 2 slightly less sculptured (especially centrally), metacoxa and metatibia color, ovipositor sheath length and pterostigma mostly pale colored but with thin brown margins.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the type locality.

Figures

Figure 62. Dolichogenidea heredia Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1180108 A head, dorsal B habitus, lateral C head, frontal D wings E mesosoma, dorsal F metasoma, dorsal G propodeum & T 1, dorsal.