Lytopylus eddysanchezi 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 : 105-107

Lytopylus eddysanchezi Kang sp. n. Fig. 9

Diagnosis.

Vertex of head entirely yellow; fore wing with one black band; mid tibia mostly melanic, yellow basally.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 6.0 mm. Fore wing length 5.5 mm. Fore wing with one black band. Scutellar sulcus with one median longitudinal carina. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 1.2 times longer than wide. Ovipositor about same length as body.

Males.

Similar to holotype except for fore legs color. Fore legs usually less melanic.

Etymology.

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

Biology.

Reared 11 times from one species leaf-tier in the Depressariidae , feeding on mature leaves of Meliosma glabrata ( Sabiaceae ) in ACG rain forest at 540 to 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: Sabiaceae Meliosma glabrata , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , subfamily unknown, elachJanzen01 Janzen900, coll. date: 1/7/2015, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/7/2015, DHJPAR0056978. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♂, Sendero Corredor, 10.87868N - 85.38963W 620m., Elda Araya coll., coll. date: 11/7/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/5/2009, DHJPAR0038240. ♂, Sendero Corredor, 10.87868N - 85.38963W 620m., coll. date: 7/25/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/17/2013, DHJPAR0052903. ♀, Tajo Angeles, 10.86472N - 85.41531W 540m., coll. date: 9/20/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 10/14/2010, DHJPAR0041600. ♂, Sendero Carmona, 10.87621N - 85.38632W 670m., coll. date: 3/25/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 4/18/2012, DHJPAR0049278. ♀, coll. date: 2/24/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 3/31/2014, DHJPAR0055232. ♂, Elda Araya coll., coll. date: 11/26/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/22/2009, DHJPAR0038208. [same as previous except as coll. date and eclosion date] ♀, coll. date: 11/30/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/1/2010, DHJPAR0038180. ♂, coll. date: 11/30/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/23/2009, DHJPAR0038231. ♂, coll. date: 11/30/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/21/2009, DHJPAR0038225. ♂, coll. date: 12/16/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/13/2013, DHJPAR0051357.