Dolichogenidea limoncocha Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault 2025, sp. nov.
Dolichogenidea limoncocha Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov. Fig. 87 A – F Type material. Holotype. Ecuador • Female, CNC; Napo, Limoncocha; 250 m; 15–28.vi.1976; S & J Peck leg.; CNC 1179901. Diagnostic description. Fore wing veins r and 2 RS strongly angulate; T 1 strongly sculptured; T 1 more or less parallel-sided, only very slightly narrowing near posterior margin,> 2.5 × as long as wide at posterior margin; T 2 trapezoidal and mostly smooth; tegula and humeral complex yellow; all coxae yellow-white; metafemur mostly yellow-white with only posterior 0.1 brown; comparatively paler colored metasoma, with most laterotergites and all sternites and hypopygium yellow-white, T 1 dark brown, T 2 pale yellow-brown, and T 3 (entirely), T 4 (mostly), and T 5 (partially, centrally) yellow to yellow-white; body length: 2.78 mm; fore wing length: 2.73 mm. A very distinctive species based on its rather unique pale color of metasoma (especially T 4 and T 5), pale colored legs, and T 1 more or less parallel-sided. Distribution. Ecuador. Biology. No host data available. DNA barcoding data. No data. Etymology. Named after the type locality.
Institutions
- Parks Canada (CA)
- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (DE)
- University of Illinois System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Guelph (CA)
- Philadelphia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15357612
- Primary Topic
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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