Dolichogenidea susanabramsae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2025

Dolichogenidea susanabramsae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 137 A – E View Figure 137

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Cerro Pedregal ; 10.92767, -85.47449; 1,080 m; 18.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031385 . Paratype. Costa Rica • 1 Female, CNC; DHJPAR 0031381 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 strongly sculptured on posterior 0.5; T 2 almost entirely sculptured; T 2 very transverse, its width at posterior margin 4.0 × its central length; ovipositor straight; pterostigma with pale spot 0.2–0.3 pterostigma length; all trochantelli yellow, profemur entirely and mesofemur mostly (except for longitudinal brown bands on margins) yellow; all coxae, metafemur and most of metatibia (except for anterior 0.3 which is yellow) dark brown; body length: 2.45–2.98 mm; fore wing length: 2.88–2.90 mm. This species could be difficult to key out, especially on couplet 10 where the interpretation of T 2 sculpture could lead to different alternatives. While D. susanabramsae has T 2 almost entirely sculptured (in that sense it would appear to run through the first half of couplet 9), its shape is very different from all other species with entirely and strongly sculptured T 2, as D. susanabramsae has T 2 very transverse (width at posterior margin 4.0 × its central length). That character, as well as color of legs, pterostigma, and straight ovipositor separate the species from similar ones.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Gelechiidae : Dichomeris designatellaDHJ 04.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAI 6323 (4 sequences, 4 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Susan Abrams (RIP) in recognition of her years of shepherding Costa Rican Natural History through the editorial and production process of the University of Chicago Press.