Dolichogenidea mehdirheljari Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault 2025, sp. nov.

Dolichogenidea mehdirheljari Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov. Fig. 92 A – F Type material. Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa; 10.83764, -85.61871; 295 m; 25.xii.2008; D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs leg.; Malaise trap; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0031851. 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 evenly narrowing from anterior to posterior margin and ~ 3.0 × its width at posterior margin; T 1 and T 2 mostly smooth; hypopygium mostly inflexible, with only small, apical, reduced (one or two) pleats; ovipositor sheath 0.55 × as long as metatibia length; legs mostly dark brown (except for tibiae and tarsi of first two pairs of legs); body length: 1.80 mm; fore wing length: 1.90 mm. Among all species with dark coxae and smooth or mostly smooth T 1 and T 2, D. mehdirheljari is distinguished by very short ovipositor sheath, shape of T 1, and small body size. Distribution. Costa Rica. Biology. No host data available. DNA barcoding data. BIN BOLD: AAM 5852 (1 sequence, barcode compliant). Etymology. Named in honor of Mr. Mehdi Rheljari in recognition of his willingness to support a Malaise trap insect inventory of his tropical dry forest on his ecologically oriented hotel Kasiiya on the Nicoya coast of Guanacaste Province for 2022–2023.