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

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.

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Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
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Dolichogenidea alanflemingi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault 2025, sp. nov.

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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.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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)
Openalex Percentile: Top 48%
Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
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