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

Fig. 134 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Corredor ; 10.87868, -85.38963; 620 m; 07.v.2013; Gloria Sihezar leg.; Host: Depressariidae ; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0052330 ; Host voucher code: 13-SRNP-2323 . Paratype. French Guiana • 1 Female, CNC; CNC 491996 .

Diagnostic description.

Ocelli comparatively smaller, ocular ocellar line> 3.0 × posterior ocellar line; anteromesoscutum more or less shiny but with well-marked punctures; scutellar disc smooth and shiny, without punctures; fore wing vein 2 CU straight; T 1 strongly sculptured on posterior 0.5; T 2 mostly sculptured but smooth centrally or along margins; T 2 transverse, its width at posterior margin ~ 3.5 × its central length; ovipositor sheath length 1.0–1.1 × metatibia length; humeral complex almost entirely brown, clearly darker than yellow tegula; pro- and mesocoxae mostly brown but posterior 0.2–0.3 yellow, metacoxa brown to dark brown; metatibia (except for darker spot on posterior 0.3) and part of metafemur (anterior 0.2 and posterior 0.1) yellow; body length: 2.60–2.78 mm; fore wing length: 2.90 mm. The shape and sculpture of T 1 and T 2, ocelli size, fore wing venation and color of tegula, humeral complex and legs distinguish this species among all others with T 2 sculptured but transverse and dark coxae.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, French Guiana.

Biology.

Solitary. Reared from unidentified Depressariidae .

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: ACI 3397 (1 sequence, barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Sigifredo Marin of Liberia, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica in recognition of 35 years and ongoing of steering the founding and growing Area de Conservación Guanacaste in its constant process of restoration and conserving its massive numbers of tropical species in the marine, dry forest, cloud forest and rain forest, and many tens of intergrades, following 400 + years of perturbation by European agriculture; he is currently the Field Director for GDFCF projects in ACG.

Figures

Figure 134. Dolichogenidea sigifredomarini Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0052330 A metasoma, lateral B habitus, lateral C head, frontal D fore wing E mesosoma, dorsal F metasoma, dorsal.