Dolichogenidea alexamasisae 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.15357454
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5948918-B169-55D5-9949-7E4456B8BF0C
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scientific name	Dolichogenidea alexamasisae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Dolichogenidea alexamasisae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Figs 13 A – F View Figure 13 , 152 B View Figure 152

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Estacion Botarrama ; 10.9599, -85.283; 160 m; 11.i.2013; Kemberly Villalobos leg.; Host: Rhectocraspeda Solis 05; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0051056 ; Host voucher code: 13-SRNP-67156 GoogleMaps . Paratypes. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela • 1 Female, 2 Males, CNC; CNCH 0621 , CNC 1180057 , DHJPAR 0051053 .

Diagnostic description.

T 1 and T 2 smooth; apical 0.3 of T 1 strongly narrowing towards posterior margin, so that T 1 length is> 3.0 × its width at posterior margin; pterostigma uniformly colored, mostly brown to pale brown; pro- and mesocoxae yellow-white, metacoxa mostly yellow-white with brown spot on anterior 0.1; anterior 0.5 of metafemur yellow-white and posterior 0.5 brown; T 3 pale yellow, contrasting with rest of tergites which are brown or dark brown; body length: 2.70–2.73 mm; fore wing length: 2.65–2.88 mm. The color of pterostigma, metafemur and T 3, as well as the shape of T 1 distinguish this species among all with pale pro- and mesocoxae and smooth T 2.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela.

Biology.

Solitary. Crambidae : Herpetogramma Janzen 04, Rhectocraspeda Solis 05.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAF 5364 (10 sequences, 5 barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Ms. Alexa Masis in recognition of her robust participation in the family, country, and conservation life of the Boshart-Masis household for the directorate of Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG).