Dolichogenidea alejandromarini 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

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1237.141007

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F77FA5A7-28CC-44B4-9428-D799119E4A18

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15357444

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/377E7356-440B-5055-8DA4-2BE087018636

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scientific name

Dolichogenidea alejandromarini Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
status

sp. nov.

Dolichogenidea alejandromarini Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa ; 10.83764, -85.61871; 295 m; 25.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031574 GoogleMaps . Paratype. Costa Rica • 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0012560 GoogleMaps .

Diagnostic description.

Propodeum with complete areola; T 1 2.2 × as long as wide at posterior margin; T 2 transverse, its width at posterior margin 3.0 × its central length; T 1 with some sculpture on posterior 0.5; T 2 sculptured around margins, centrally smooth; tegula yellow, humeral complex half yellow half brown; all coxae, mesofemur and most of metafemur (except for anterior 0.4 which is yellow-white) brown to dark brown; body length: 1.88 mm; fore wing length: 1.98 mm. Among all species with T 2 smooth, this species can be distinguished by the color of its legs, tegula and humeral complex, shape and sculpture of T 1 and T 2 and propodeum areola.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAI 9746 (2 sequences, 2 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Dr. Alejandro Marin in recognition of his recent years of being an apprentice to field Director Sigifredo Marin for multiple Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund projects in and near Area de Conservación Guanacaste.

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes