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
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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 sigifredomarini Kang
sp. n.
Fig. 36
Diagnosis
.
Fore wing mostly infuscated; hind coxa entirely pale; mesoscutum entirely black; scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina; anterior transverse carina of propodeum reaching the lateral margin.
Description.
Holotype: male. Body length 5.2 mm. Fore wing length 4.8 mm. Fore wing mostly infuscated. Scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum reaching the lateral margin. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 1.2 times longer than wide.
Female.
Unknown.
Etymology.
Lytopylus sigifredomarini
is named in honor of Sigifredo
Marin
in recognition of his participation in the collaborative development of the ICE-ACG geothermal project of Pailas II, northwestern Costa Rica.
Biology.
Reared three times from
Antaeotricha
Janzen224 (
Stenomatinae
,
Depressariidae
) feeding on mature leaves of
Hirtella media
(
Chrysobalanaceae
) in ACG rain forest at 410 to 620 m elevation.
Type material.
Holotype ♂: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Tangelo, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste
11.01823N
-
85.45024W
410m., Elieth Cantillano coll., food plant:
Chrysobalanaceae
Hirtella triandra
, host caterpillar:
Depressariidae
,
Stenomatinae
,
Antaeotricha
Janzen224, coll. date: 1/6/2011, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/31/2011, DHJPAR0042545. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♂, Bosque Aguirre,
11.0006N
-
85.438W
620m., Roster Moraga coll., coll. date: 5/7/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/31/2010, DHJ
PAR
0040328. ♂, Sector Pitilla, Coneja,
11.01525N
-
85.39766W
415m., Dinia Martinez coll., food plant:
Hirtella media
, coll. date: 5/6/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/27/2013, DHJPAR0052899.
Figure 36.
Lytopylus sigifredomarini
holotype: A lateral habitus B anterior head C propodeum D dorsal habitus E fore wing F hind wing.