Dolichogenidea alixhamiltonae 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.15357458
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E7A609B-9CF0-583C-A1D1-5FB728944FF9
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Dolichogenidea alixhamiltonae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Dolichogenidea alixhamiltonae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov.

Figs 15 A – F View Figure 15 , 16 A – G View Figure 16

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio ; 10.8439, -85.6138; 300 m; 07.vii.1983; Host: Banisia myrsusalisDHJ 01; Voucher code: CNC 1179780 ; Host voucher code: 83-SRNP-912 GoogleMaps . Paratypes. Costa Rica • 4 Females, 1 Male, CNC; CNC 5342701 , CNC 5342702 , CNC 5342703 , CNC 5342704 , CNC 5342705 .

Other material.

Costa Rica • 1 Female, CNC; DHJPAR 0004274 .

Diagnostic description.

Overall body comparatively mostly smooth and shiny; T 1 comparatively broad, covering most of dorsal surface of tergum, its median length ~ 1.2 × its width at posterior margin; T 1 mostly smooth and shiny (sculpture limited along lateral margins on posterior 0.5); T 2 mostly smooth (sculpture limited to margins); ovipositor sheath ~ 1.2 × metatibia length; body color comparatively paler colored, mostly yellow-brown or reddish brown, including pale brown antenna; tegula and trochantelli yellow, humeral complex partially yellow and partially brown; pterostigma brown with pale spot at base; all coxae brown; metafemur mostly brown; body length: 2.48–2.58 mm; fore wing length: 2.60–2.75 mm. Among species with T 2 mostly smooth and metafemur dark, this species can be distinguished by T 1 shape, ovipositor sheath length, and tegula, humeral complex and trochantelli color.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Biology.

Solitary. Thyrididae , Banisia myrsusalisDHJ 01.

DNA barcoding data.

BIN BOLD: AAL 2285 (1 sequence, barcode compliant).

Etymology.

Named in honor of Ms. Alix Hamilton in recognition of her recent and ongoing support for the financial and psychological well-being of Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) and its NGO Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (GDFCF) for the GDFCF BioAlfa initiative.