Dolichogenidea caldas Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2025

Dolichogenidea caldas Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Fig. 36 A – G View Figure 36

Type material.

Holotype. Colombia • Female, CNC; Caldas, Elfin forest ; 5°15'N, 75°25'W; 3,300–3,500 m; 4.iv.1973; J. Helava leg.; Voucher code: CNC 1180001 View Materials . [See notes below for accuracy of the type locality] GoogleMaps . Paratype. Colombia • 1 Male, CNC; CNC 1180027 View Materials .

Diagnostic description.

F 15 sub-cubic (1.1 × as long as high); propodeum areola mostly defined, but open on anterior ~ 0.3, and without defined transverse carinae; T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured with strong longitudinal striae covering posterior 0.6 of T 1 and most of T 2 (except for small central area which is smooth); T 1 mostly parallel-sided but slightly widening towards posterior margin; ovipositor sheath spatula-shaped and 0.8 × as long as metatibia length; tegula dark brown to black, humeral complex mostly dark brown; pterostigma bright yellow-white but with thin brown margins, most of wing veins pale yellow-brown; coxae dark brown to black, rest of legs mostly dark brown (except for bright yellow trochanters and trochantelli, dorsal margin of profemur, anterior 0.1 of pro- and mesotibiae and anterior 0.3 of metatibia, and all tibial spurs white-yellow); body length: 3.80 mm; fore wing length: 4.20 mm. Among species with T 1 and T 2 heavily sculptured and T 1 slightly broadening towards posterior margin, D. caldas can be distinguished by the shape of its ovipositor sheath, distinctive leg and pterostigma coloration, propodeum areola and body size.

Distribution.

Colombia.

Biology.

No host data available.

DNA barcoding data.

No data.

Etymology.

Named after the Colombian department where the specimens were collected.

Notes.

The holotype label probably contains a typo resulting in an incorrect longitude value for the locality. It is stated as “ 76°25'W ”; however, that figure would place the locality in a different Colombian department (Risaralda instead of Caldas) and at a much lower elevation (~ 250 m) than what the label states is the actual elevation (3,300 –3,500 m). The paratype (which has the same label data) has a correction of the longitude from 76 to 75 degrees (added manually), which would place the locality in the right Colombian department (Caldas) and at an elevation (~ 3,000 m) that approximates what is in the label. Thus, here we are changing the info for the holotype to follow the correction done in the paratype label. It is likely that the minute value associated with the longitude is also slightly inaccurate (probably a factor of GPS accuracy at the time), as having the minutes changed from 25 ’ to 22 ’ or 23 ’ would place the locality at the correct elevation (3,300 –3,500 m) and on or very near to the road crossing those mountains. Whatever the exact coordinates of the type locality might actually be is not that important though, as a range of 2 or 3 minutes in the longitude value translates to a maximum of 3 km of separation in that extensive area of elfin forests.