Dolichogenidea sallydaleyae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2025

Dolichogenidea sallydaleyae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Laguna ; 10.9888, -85.42336; 680 m; 19.ix.2013; Freddy Quesada leg.; Host: elachBioLep 01 BioLep 286; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0054803 ; Host voucher code: 13-SRNP-31297 GoogleMaps .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae; T 1 length 2.0 × its width at posterior margin; T 2 broadly rectangular; ovipositor sheath ~ 2.0 × metatibia length; metacoxa entirely brown; hypopygium and all sternites yellow; body length: 3.15 mm; fore wing length: 3.06 mm; ovipositor sheath length: 1.50 mm; BIN BOLD: ACM 2280 , which is 2.33 % different from the nearest BIN in BOLD as of March 2022 .. It can be distinguished among all species with T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae by its comparatively long ovipositor sheath and body size; the morphological similar D. tomdaleyi has comparatively longer ovipositor sheath, darker sternites and hypopygium and paler colored metacoxa, as well as slightly longer body size.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Reared from a single species of Depressariidae with interim name elachBioLep 01 BioLep 286.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: ACM 2280 (1 sequence, barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Mrs. Sally Daley of Moraga, California, USA in recognition of her years of administration of financial and tax affairs for the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and its conservation-based integration with Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica.

Notes.

The only specimen available for study was a teneral female, its coloration probably being paler than what the species would actually look.