Lytopylus johanvalerioi 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 : 120

Lytopylus johanvalerioi Kang sp. n. Fig. 20

Diagnosis.

fore wing mostly infuscated; pronotum mostly yellow; mesoscutum mostly pale (yellow to orange); anterior transverse carina of propodeum reaching the lateral margin; median tergites mostly pale posterior tergum black.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 4.9 mm. Fore wing length 4.6 mm. Fore wing mostly infuscated. Scutellar sulcus with one median 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 0.9 times longer than wide. Ovipositor longer than metasoma, but shorter than body.

Males.

Occiput usually more melanic. Median tergites usually mostly pale with posterior terga black.

Etymology.

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

Biology.

Reared six times from two species of Cerconota leaf-tiers in the Depressariidae , feeding on mature leaves of three species of Inga ( Fabaceae ) in ACG rain forest at 540-645 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.9305N - 85.37223W 527m., Gloria Sihezar coll., food plant: Fabaceae Inga oerstediana, host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Stenomatinae, Cerconota Janzen82, coll. date: 5/25/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/7/2014, DHJPAR0055354. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♀, Brasilia, Moga, 11.01227N - 85.34929W 320m., Duvalier Briceño coll., coll. date: 6/7/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/19/2012, DHJPAR0049935. ♂, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Estacion Quica, 10.99697N - 85.39666W 470m., Ricardo Calero coll., food plant: Fabaceae Inga spectabilis, host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Stenomatinae, Cerconota Janzen216, coll. date: 5/25/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/8/2009, DHJPAR0035498. [same as previous except coll. date and eclosion date] ♂, 5/27/2009 6/22/2009, DHJPAR0040066. ♂, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Leonel, 10.99637N - 85.40195W 510m., Mauricio Siezar coll., food plant: Inga spectabilis, host caterpillar: Cerconota Janzen216, coll. date: 6/15/2008, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/30/2008, DHJPAR0028298.