Dolichogenidea ericpalolai Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault 2025, sp. nov.
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Dolichogenidea ericpalolai Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov. Fig. 48 A – G Type material. Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo; 10.9004, -85.3725; 500 m; 3.viii.2007; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0026313. Paratypes. Costa Rica • 1 Female, 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0025187, DHJPAR 0025511. Diagnostic description. Anteromesoscutum with coarse, deep and dense punctures (separation between punctures less than individual puncture diameter); face, propleuron, pronotum, most of mesopleuron, scutellar disc, and most of outer side of metacoxa mostly to entirely covered by relatively coarse punctures; T 2 smooth; pro- and mesocoxae yellow; metacoxa entirely to almost entirely dark brown; posterior 0.1–0.2 of T 1 (centrally) and entire T 2 yellow to pale brown-yellow; T 3 + pale brown; body length: 2.84–3.16 mm; fore wing length: 2.81–2.88 mm. The coloration of T 1 – T 3 as well as many areas on head and mesosoma with coarse punctures distinguish this species among all with smooth T 2 and pale pro- and mesocoxae. Distribution. Costa Rica. Biology. No host data available. DNA barcoding data. BIN BOLD: AAF 7717 (3 sequences, 3 barcode compliant). Etymology. Named in honor of Mr. Eric Palola in recognition of his decade-plus of weathering the demands of being the two-country Executive Director of the NGO Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and its integration with the Costa Rican government’s Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica.
Authors: Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Boudreault, Caroline, Whitfield, James B., Höcherl, Amelie, Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred, Janzen, Daniel H.
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6911968286
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