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
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.721.20287
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Lytopylus youngcheae Kang
sp. n.
Fig. 37
Diagnosis.
Fore wing with one black band; vertex of head entirely melanic.
Description.
Holotype: female. Body length 8.9 mm. Fore wing length 8.1 mm. Fore wing with one black band. Scutellar sulcus with one median longitudinal carina. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum not reaching the lateral margin. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 1.5 times longer than wide. Ovipositor slightly longer than body.
Males.
Body length usually shorter than holotype. Hind femur varies from mostly pale to mostly melanic.
Etymology.
Named in honor of Youngche Choi, mother of the first author.
Biology.
Reared five times from two species of stenomatine
Depressariidae
leaf-tiers feeding on mature leaves of
Calophyllum brasiliense
(
Calophyllaceae
) in ACG rain forest at 540 to 740 m elevation.
Type
material.
Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Cementerio Viejo, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste
10.88111N
-
85.38889W
570m., Carolina Cano coll., food plant:
Calophyllaceae
Calophyllum brasiliense
, host caterpillar:
Depressariidae
,
Stenomatinae
,
Cerconota
Janzen140, coll. date: 11/27/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/31/2013, DHJPAR0054499. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♀, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Memos,
10.98171N
-
85.42785W
740m., Elieth Cantillano coll., coll. date: 4/27/2007 parasitoid eclosion date: 5/27/2007, DHJPAR0021132. ♂, Finca San Gabriel,
10.87766N
-
85.39343W
645m., host caterpillar:
Antaeotricha
Janzen134, coll. date: 4/1/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 4/30/2013, DHJPAR0052197. ♀, Tajo Angeles,
10.86472N
-
85.41531W
540m., Elda Araya coll., host caterpillar:
Antaeotricha
Janzen134, coll. date: 12/31/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/24/2011, DHJPAR0041586. [same as previous except as eclosion date] ♂, parasitoid eclosion date:1/25/2011, DHJPAR0041585.
Figure 37.
Lytopylus youngcheae
holotype: A lateral habitus B anterior head C propodeum D dorsal habitus E fore wing F hind wing.