Lytopylus ericchapmani 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 : 107-109

Lytopylus ericchapmani Kang sp. n. Fig. 11

Diagnosis.

Fore wing with two black bands; pronotum anteriorly black and posteriorly pale.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 5.8 mm. Fore wing length 5.7 mm. Fore wing with two black bands. Scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Median areola of propodeum narrow. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 1.7 times longer than wide. Ovipositor slightly longer than body.

Male.

Body color similar to holotype. Body length slightly shorter than holotype.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Dr Eric G. Chapman, research analyst in the Department of Entomology at the University of Kentucky, for his kindly advice on molecular systematics and phylogenetics.

Biology.

Reared five times but only from the leaf-tier Stenoma adytodes ( Depressariidae ) feeding on mature leaves of Pouteria juruana ( Sapotaceae ) at the intersection of the ACG dry forest and rain forest ecosystems at 722 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Jardin Estrada, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.86546N - 85.39694W 722m., Carolina Cano coll., food plant: Sapotaceae Pouteria juruana , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Stenomatinae, Stenoma adytodes , coll. date: 12/10/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/12/2014, DHJPAR0054533. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the hol otype except as indicated] ♀, coll. date: 2/5/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/4/2014, DHJPAR0054527. ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/9/2014, DHJPAR0054522. ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/7/2014, DHJPAR0055238. ♂, Elda Araya coll., coll. date: 12/5/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/26/2013, DHJPAR0054526.