Lytopylus guillermopereirai 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 : 113

Lytopylus guillermopereirai Kang sp. n. Fig. 14

Diagnosis.

Fore wing mostly infuscated; mesoscutum entirely melanic; scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina; median tergites entirely melanic.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 5.4 mm. Fore wing length 4.5 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 1.3 times longer than wide.

Female.

Unknown.

Etymology.

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

Biology.

Reared one time from elachJanzen01 Janzen726 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Sloanea faginea ( Elaeocarpaceae ) in ACG rain forest at 645 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♂: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Finca San Gabriel, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.87766N - 85.39343W 645m., Gloria Sihezar coll., food plant: Elaeocarpaceae Sloanea faginea , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , subfamily unknown, elachJanzen01 Janzen726, coll. date: 2/24/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 3/17/2014, DHJPAR0055234.