Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae Kang

Kang, Ilgoo, Chapman, Eric G., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Tanya Dapkey,, Alex, Smith M. & Sharkey, Michael J., 2017, Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae), ZooKeys 721, pp. 93-158 : 118-120

Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae Kang sp. n. Fig. 19

Diagnosis.

Fore wing with a slight yellow tinge; anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent; median tergites entirely pale.

Description.

Holotype: male. Body length 5.8 mm. Fore wing length 5.0 mm. Fore wing with a slight yellow tinge. Scutellar sulcus with four longitudinal carinae. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 as long as wide.

Female.

Unknown.

Etymology.

Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae is named in honor of Ivannia Sandoval in recognition of her participation in the collaborative development of the ICE-ACG geothermal project of Pailas II, northwestern Costa Rica.

Biology.

Reared one time from Dichomerus Janzen703 ( Dichomeridinae, Gelechiidae ) tying and feeding on mature leaves of Neurolaena lobata ( Asteraceae ) in ACG rain forest at 660 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♂: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Carica, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.99284N - 85.42936W 660m., Calixto Moraga coll., food plant: Asteraceae Neurolaena lobata , host caterpillar: Gelechiidae , Dichomeridinae, Dichomeris Janzen703, coll. date: 1/25/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/06/2014, DHJPAR0055344.