Lytopylus gustavoindunii 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 : 113-115

Lytopylus gustavoindunii Kang sp. n. Fig. 15

Diagnosis.

Apical flagellomeres brown not distinctly paler than subapical flagellomeres; vertex of head entirely pale; fore wing mostly infuscated with a triangular second submarginal cell; mesoscutum entirely pale (yellow to orange); median areola spindle-shaped; anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent; median tergites entirely pale (yellow to orange).

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 4.8 mm. Fore wing length 4.5 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 absent. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 1.3 times longer than wide. Ovipositor slightly longer than body.

Male.

Unknown.

Etymology.

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

Biology.

Reared 12 times from two species of palm-feeding ( Geonoma , Chamaedorea ) Depressariidae ( Stenoma Janzen142 and Stenoma Janzen284) in the understory of ACG rain forest from 645-742 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Perdido, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.8794N - 85.38607W 620m., Elda Araya coll., food plant: Arecaceae Geonoma ferruginea , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Stenomatinae, Stenoma Janzen284, coll. date: 8/9/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/28/2013, DHJPAR0053857. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/27/2013, DHJPAR0053648. ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/31/2013, DHJPAR0053653. ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 9/1/2013, DHJPAR0053646. ♀, Finca San Gabriel, 10.87766N - 85.39343W 645m., host caterpillar: Stenoma Janzen142 coll. date: 11/16/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/11/2012, DHJPAR0051369. [same as previous except eclosion date] ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/20/2012, DHJPAR0051359. ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/15/2012, DHJPAR0051372. ♀, Sendero Aguas Termales, geolocation unknown, food plant: Chamaedorea tepejilote , host caterpillar: Stenoma Janzen142, coll. date: 10/10/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 10/29/2010, DHJPAR0041560.