Dolichogenidea alanflemingi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault 2025, sp. nov.
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Dolichogenidea alanflemingi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov. Figs 9 A – E, 151 A Type material. Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Pasmompa, Sector Pitilla; 11°1'8.40"N, 85°24'36"W; 440 m; 17.iii.2010; Calixto Moraga leg.; Host: Antaeotricha Janzen 146; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0039472; Host voucher code: 10-SRNP-30807. Other material. Saint Vincent • 1 Female, CNC; CNC 1196962; Trinidad & Tobago • 2 Females, CNC; CNC 1179943, CNC 1179701. Diagnostic description. Overall body mostly shiny and smooth, including scutellar disc and most of propodeum (except for weak carinae defining a partial areola); T 1 strongly narrowing near posterior margin (T 1 length> 3.0 × its width at posterior margin); T 1 and T 2 smooth; ovipositor sheath 0.8 × as long as metatibia length; legs mostly dark brown (except for tibiae and tarsi of first two pairs of legs); body length: 1.70 mm; fore wing length: 2.15 mm. Among all species with dark coxae and smooth T 1 and T 2, D. alanflemingi is distinguished by shape of T 1, overall body sculpture, small body size and ovipositor sheath length. Dolichogenidea annychaverae is morphologically similar but has F 15 comparatively much shorter, ovipositor sheath comparatively longer, T 1 comparatively thicker and with different shape (see key for better diagnosis of these two species). They also have different DNA barcodes. Distribution. Costa Rica, Saint Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago. Biology. Solitary. Depressariidae: Antaeotricha Janzen 49, Antaeotricha Janzen 146. DNA barcoding data. BIN BOLD: AAN 2497 (2 sequences, 2 barcode compliant). Etymology. Named in honor of Mr. Alan Fleming of the Diptera Division of the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa in recognition of his solid full-time 10 years, and ongoing, taxonomizing of the Tachinidae of Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Notes. The specimens from Trinidad & Tobago and Saint Vincent are very similar but body coloration is paler, more dark reddish brown than black, therefore they are not included as paratypes.
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: W6968534601
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