Lytopylus luisgaritai 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 : 123

Lytopylus luisgaritai Kang sp. n. Fig. 22

Diagnosis.

Fore wing mostly infuscated; pronotum mostly pale, anteriorly melanic; mesoscutum entirely pale; mesopleuron entirely orange; scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina; median tergites mostly melanic.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 6.7 mm. Fore wing length 6.3 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 as long as wide. Ovipositor longer than metasoma, but shorter than body.

Male.

Unknown.

Variation.

Paratype propodeum mostly pale.

Etymology.

Lytopylus luisgaritai is named in honor of Luis Garita in recognition of his participation in the collaborative development of the ICE-ACG geothermal project of Pailas II, northwestern Costa Rica.

Biology.

Reared two times from Oecophora Janzen52 ( Oecophorinae, Oecophoridae ) feeding on mature leaves of Clethra lanata ( Clethraceae ) in ACG dry forest at 733-740 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Camino Pozo Tres, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.77079N - 85.37422W 733m., Jose Cortez coll., food plant: Clethraceae Clethra lanata , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Oecophorinae, Oecophora Janzen52, coll. date: 1/22/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 3/3/2012, DHJPAR0049053. Paratype: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♀, Cerro Gongora Pelado, 10.76307N - 85.41332W 740m., coll. date: 1/18/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/22/2014, DHJPAR0055239.