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

Fig. 90 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Peru • Female, CNC; Cuzco, Machu Pichu ; 2,400 m; 21.xii.1983; L. Huggert leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1196529 .

Diagnostic description.

Propodeum with complete areola and more or less entirely sculptured on anterior half; T 1 more or less parallel-sided but slightly narrowing on posterior 0.3; T 1 mostly sculptured (but with central, depressed and smooth area); T 2 transverse and more or less sculptured laterally, centrally smooth; ovipositor sheath approx. same length as metatibia; comparatively dark colored species, with tegula and humeral complex dark brown, all legs brown to dark brown (except for yellow protibia), tergites dark brown to black, all sternites and hypopygium dark brown; body length: 2.15 mm; fore wing length: 2.35 mm. Among all species with T 1 and T 2 sculptured (but neither entirely sculptured), D. machupichu can be recognized by the shape of T 1 and its centrally depressed and smooth area, T 2 centrally smooth, and the mostly dark coloration of legs, tegula, humeral complex, and metasoma.

Distribution.

Peru.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the locality where the holotype was collected.

Figures

Figure 90. Dolichogenidea machupichu Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1196529 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.