Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae)
Author
Kang, Ilgoo
Author
Chapman, Eric G.
Author
Janzen, Daniel H.
Author
Hallwachs, Winnie
Author
Tanya Dapkey,
Author
Alex, Smith M.
Author
Sharkey, Michael J.
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ZooKeys
2017
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.721.20287
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.721.20287
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Lytopylus
salvadorlopezi Kang
sp. n.
Fig. 32
Diagnosis.
Scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina; fore wing mostly infuscated; anterior transverse carina of propodeum not reaching the lateral margin; median tergites mostly black.
Description.
Holotype: female. Body length 7.5 mm. Fore wing length 7.3 mm. Fore wing mostly infuscated. Scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum not reaching the lateral margin. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 1.2 times longer than wide. Ovipositor length about same length as body.
Male.
Unknown.
Etymology.
Lytopylus salvadorlopezi
is named in honor of Salvador
Lopez
in recognition of his participation in the collaborative development of the ICE-ACG geothermal project of Pailas II, northwestern Costa Rica.
Biology.
Reared five times from two species of leaf-tying
Stenoma
(
Depressariidae
) feeding on
Persea schiedeana
(
Lauraceae
) in ACG in the rain forest rain forest at 700 m elevation.
Type material.
Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Quebrada Cementerio, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste
10.87124N
-
85.38749W
700m., Osvaldo Espinoza coll., food plant:
Lauraceae
Persea schiedeana
, host caterpillar:
Depressariidae
,
Stenomatinae
,
Stenoma
Janzen06, coll. date: 7/6/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/6/2009, DHJPAR0036355. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/15/2009, DHJPAR0036345. ♀, host caterpillar:
Stenoma
Janzen12, coll. date: 11/19/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/18/2009, DHJPAR0037949.
Figure 32.
Lytopylus salvadorlopezi
holotype: A lateral habitus B anterior head C propodeum D dorsal habitus E fore wing F hind wing.