Dolichogenidea jasonkelleyi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2025

Dolichogenidea jasonkelleyi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Circular ; 10.92714, -85.46683; 1,185 m; 18.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031200 . Paratype. Costa Rica • 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0031217 .

Diagnostic description.

Scutellar disc mostly with shallow punctures; T 1 parallel-sided but relatively thinner, its median length 2.2 × its width at posterior margin; T 1 mostly sculptured and with central hump; T 2 mostly sculptured but not strongly and with smooth central area; ovipositor sheath approx. same length than metatibia length; tegula and humeral complex yellow; very small reddish brown spots along posterior margins of propleuron, dorsal margin of pronotum and postero-lateral margins of anteromesocutum, all of which are almost indistinguishable from mostly black mesosoma; pro- and mesocoxae mostly brown, metacoxa dark brown to black; mesofemur, metatibia (except for small pale spot on anterior 0.1) and metatarsus dark brown; body length: 2.60 mm; fore wing length: 2.50 mm. The shape and sculpture pattern of T 1 and T 2, ovipositor sheath length and leg coloration differentiate this species.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAI 9747 (21 sequences, 19 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor and recognition of Mr. Jason Kelly of Boston as CEO of Gingko Bioworks, a synthetic biology foundry with strong potential for non-damaging development of complex tropical biodiversity genomics as a potential product from wild tropical ecosystems, and therefore increasing their intact desirability by tropical societies.