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

Figs 53 A – F , 54 A – F

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, sector: Sector San Cristobal, Jardin Estrada ; 10.8655, -85.3969; 722 m; 23.xi.2012; Carolina Cano leg.; Host: Gonionota Janzen 116; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0051066 ; Host voucher code: 12-SRNP-5125 . Paratypes. Costa Rica • 4 Females, CNC; DHJPAR 0050163 , DHJPAR 0054786 , DHJPAR 0054816 , DHJPAR 0054819 .

Diagnostic description.

F 15 length 1.4–1.5 × its height; T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae; T 1 length <1.5 × T 1 width at posterior margin; T 2 broadly rectangular (but posterior margin sinuate), covering most surface of tergum; tegula white-yellow, clearly paler than brown humeral complex; pterostigma with very small paler spot on anterior 0.1 or less; pro- and mesocoxae yellow; metafemur entirely yellow; metatibia dark brown to black on posterior 0.7; laterotergites 1–4 and at least sternites 1–2 entirely to mostly yellow; body length: 2.53–2.97 mm; fore wing length: 2.72–3.05 mm. Among all species with heavily sculptured T 1 and T 2, T 1 comparatively broad and T 2 rectangular, D. felipechavarriai can be distinguished by the shape of F 15 and color of tegula, humeral complex, pterostigma, procoxa, mesocoxa, metafemur and metatibia, laterotergites and sternites. The closest species, D. chichicastenango from Guatemala, has darker coloration of legs and metasoma, and comparatively shorter F 15.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Depressariidae , Gonionota Janzen 116.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: ACC 4119 (6 sequences, 6 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Luis Felipe Chavarria of Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, for his outstanding performance of managing the on-site financial administration for the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and simultaneously photo-documenting a major portion of the landscape and vertebrates.

Figures

Figure 53. Dolichogenidea felipechavarriai Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault holotype female DHJPAR 0051066 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor, lateral.

Figure 54. Dolichogenidea felipechavarriai Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault paratype female DHJPAR 0054786 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D mesosoma, dorsal E metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor, lateral.