Dolichogenidea palenque 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.15357647

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7237A0A9-0022-556A-BF31-FF6E3E36A157

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scientific name

Dolichogenidea palenque Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
status

sp. nov.

Dolichogenidea palenque Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 100 A – F View Figure 100

Type material.

Holotype. Ecuador • Female, CNC; Pichincha, Centro científico Rio Palenque, 47 km South of Santo Domingo ; 160 m; 30. iv- 5.v.1987; L. D. Coote leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1196947 View Materials .

Diagnostic description.

Tarsal claws of hind legs with single spine-like basally; T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae covering entire surface of T 2 and most of T 1; T 1 broadening towards posterior margin; ovipositor sinuate; metafemur yellow on anterior half and brown on posterior half; metatibia dark brown to black on posterior 0.8; all laterotergites, sternites and hypopygium yellow; T 3 – T 6 centrally brown, laterally with yellow spots; body length: 3.20 mm; fore wing length: 3.30 mm. Among all species with heavily sculptured T 1 and T 2, this species is distinctive by its legs and metasoma color, especially the yellow sternites and part of terga, as well as tarsal claw spine on hind legs.

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the type locality.

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes