Dolichogenidea puschendorfi 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.15357667
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8898C653-DE18-5BEA-B988-9945EEA3A3BA
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scientific name	Dolichogenidea puschendorfi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Dolichogenidea puschendorfi 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 0031864 GoogleMaps .

Diagnostic description.

Propodeum areola open anteriorly, propodeum generally with relatively few sculpture; T 1 with some sculpture on posterior 0.5; T 2 mostly smooth, with few punctures near posterior margin; ovipositor sheath 0.8 × as long as metatibia length; tegula and humeral complex brown; all coxae, metafemur and part of metatibia (except for anterior 0.5 yellow-white) brown; body length and fore wing length: 1.80 mm. This is the only Neotropical species of Dolichogenidea known to have a white spot on gena. Among species with T 1 and T 2 mostly smooth, D. puschendorfi can be distinguished by its small size, propodeum sculpture and poorly defined areola, length of ovipositor sheath, and color of tegula, humeral complex and legs.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAM 5853 (6 sequences, 6 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Dr. Robert Puschendorf of Plymouth University, UK, and Costa Rica, in recognition of his two decades and ongoing support of the biodiversity growth and survival of Area de Conservación Guanacaste and the GDFCF support of the same.