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

Fig. 144 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Argentina • Female, CNC; Tucuman, Reserva experimental Horco Molle ; viii.1968; C. C. Porter leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1179678 .

Diagnostic description.

Anteromesoscutum mostly with relatively shallow punctures; scutellar disc smooth and shiny, without punctures; mesopleuron and metapleuron entirely to almost entirely smooth or with few, shallow punctures; T 1 more or less parallel-sided, its length medially <2.0 × its width at posterior margin; T 2 entirely sculptured; T 2 comparatively transverse, its length medially ~ 4.0 × its width at posterior margin; ovipositor sheath 0.9 × as long as metatibia; scape brown, same color than flagellomeres; tegula and humeral complex yellow; pterostigma mostly bright yellow-white (but with central, darker spot which is pale brown); pro- and mesocoxae yellow, metacoxa mostly dark brown; metafemur and metatibia entirely yellow; T 1 entirely black; body length: 2.50 mm; fore wing length: 2.93 mm. Among all species with pale coloration of legs and with T 1 and T 2 not strongly sculptured (but notice that T 2 is entirely sculptured, just not strongly), D. tucuman can be recognized by its more or less parallel-sided T 1, rather transverse T 2, smooth scutellar disc, and color of tegula and humeral complex. The new species resembles D. phthorimaeae but D. tucuman has longer ovipositor sheaths and different color of scape and pterostigma.

Distribution.

Argentina.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the province of the type locality in Argentina.

Figures

Figure 144. Dolichogenidea tucuman Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female CNC 1179678 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D head, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.