Lytopylus angelagonzalezae 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 : 100-101

Lytopylus angelagonzalezae Kang sp. n. Fig. 6

Diagnosis.

Fore wing mostly infuscated; mesoscutum entirely melanic; median areola of propodeum lacking well-defined margins; anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent; median tergites entirely reddish orange; lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 blunt.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 5.8 mm. Fore wing length 5.6 mm. Fore wing mostly infuscated. Scutellar sulcus with three longitudinal carinae. Median areola of propodeum lacking well-defined margins. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 blunt. Median syntergite 2+3 as long as wide. Ovipositor length longer than metasoma, but shorter than body.

Male.

Unknown.

Etymology.

Lytopylus angelagonzalezae is named in honor of Angela González Grau in recognition of her participation in the collaborative development of the ICE-ACG geothermal project of Pailas II, northwestern Costa Rica.

Biology.

Reared two times from Anacampsis Janzen353 ( Anacampsinae, Gelechiidae ) feeding on two species of Rutaceae in ACG dry forest - rain forest ecotone at 280 to 825 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Sector Pailas, PL12, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.76248N - 85.33689W 752m., Jose Cortez coll., food plant: Rutaceae Zanthoxylum acuminatum , host caterpillar: Gelechiidae , Anacampsinae, Anacampsis Janzen353, coll. date: 3/6/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 4/9/2014, DHJPAR0055351.Paratype: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♀, Sector Del Oro, Puente Mena, 11.04562N - 85.45742W 280m., Lucia Ríos coll., food plant: Amyris pinnata , coll. date: 4/1/2002, parasitoid eclosion date: 4/15/2002, DHJPAR0015430.