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

Dolichogenidea anikenpalolae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. nov. Figs 22 A – F, 154 B Type material. Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Albergue Crater; 10.8489, -85.3281; 980 m; 31.v.2010; Carolina Cano leg.; Host: spiloBioLep 01 BioLep 379; Voucher code: DHJPAR 0040482; Host voucher code: 10-SRNP-2764. Paratypes. Costa Rica • 2 Females, 1 Male, CNC; DHJPAR 0049280, DHJPAR 0049330, DHJPAR 0049340. Diagnostic description. T 1 and T 2 smooth; apical 0.5 of T 1 narrowing towards posterior margin, so that T 1 length is ~ 3.0 × its width at posterior margin; pterostigma mostly white-yellow on anterior 0.5–0.7, with darker (pale brown) margins; pro- and mesocoxae yellow-white, metacoxa mostly yellow-white with brown spot on anterior 0.1–0.2; metafemur and metatibia mostly yellow-white but with brown to dark brown margin dorsally (dark dorsal margin only partially defined on metafemur); body length: 2.97–3.22 mm; fore wing length: 3.06–3.47 mm. The color of pterostigma, metafemur and metatibia, as well as shape of T 1 distinguish this species among all with smooth T 2 and pale pro- and mesocoxae. Distribution. Costa Rica. Biology. Solitary. Crambidae: Spilomeninae, spiloBioLep 01 BioLep 379 DNA barcoding data. BIN BOLD: ABY 1812 (5 sequences, 5 barcode compliant). Etymology. Named in honor of Ms. Aniken Palola in recognition of her decade-plus of weathering the demands of being a major part of the Palola family with Mr. Eric Palola, as 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.