Lytopylus hokwoni 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 : 118

Lytopylus hokwoni Kang sp. n. Fig. 18

Diagnosis.

Fore wing with two black bands; pronotum entirely melanic; lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 8.0 mm. Fore wing length 4.6 mm. Fore wing with two black bands. Scutellar sulcus with one median longitudinal carina. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum reaching the lateral margin. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 1.6 times longer than wide. Ovipositor slightly longer than body.

Male.

Mesoscutum bicolored. Mesopleuron pale.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Hokwon Kang, father of the first author.

Biology.

Reared nine times from seven species of stenomatine Depressariidae feeding as leaf-tiers on six species of plants in seven plant families at the intersection of the ACG dry forest and rain forest ecosystems at 280-640 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Estacion Los Almendros, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 11.03226N - 85.52776W 290m., Elieth Cantillano coll., food plant: Clusiaceae Clusia rosea , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Stenomatinae, Stenoma Janzen08, coll. date: 11/23/2011, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/10/2011, DHJPAR0048726. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♂, 290m., Lucia Ríos coll., coll. date: 9/19/2008, parasitoid eclosion date: 10/6/2008, DHJPAR0030605. ♀, Sendero Bejuquilla, 11.03004N - 85.52699W 280m., food plant: Piperaceae Peperomia angularis , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , subfamily and species name unknown, coll. date: 1/11/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/5/2010, DHJPAR0037940. ♀, Sendero Bejuquilla, 11.03004N - 85.52699W 280m., Dunia Garcia coll., food plant: Hypericaceae Vismia baccifera , host caterpillar: Cerconota recurvella , coll. date: 10/26/2002, parasitoid eclosion date: 11/13/2002, DHJPAR0015414. ♀, Sector Cacao, Cuesta Caimito, 10.8908N - 85.47192W 640m., Mariano Pereira coll., food plant: Hypericaceae Vismia baccifera , host caterpillar: Cerconota recurvella , coll. date: 5/16/2004, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/30/2004, DHJPAR0029302. ♀, Sector Cacao, Quebrada Otilio, 10.88996N - 85.47966W 550m., Daniel Garcia coll., food plant: Fabaceae Inga punctata , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Phillips01, coll. date: 9/24/2007, parasitoid eclosion date: 10/7/2007, DHJPAR0028279. ♀, Sector Pitilla, Cabrera, 11.00891N - 85.40977W 500m., Calixto Moraga coll., food plant: Hypericaceae Vismia baccifera , host caterpillar: Cerconota recurvella , coll. date: 2/7/2007, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/14/2007, DHJPAR0017274. ♀, Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Tucan, 10.90424N - 85.2712W 410m., Pablo Umaña Calderon coll., food plant: Melastomataceae Miconia trinervia , host caterpillar: elachJanzen01 Janzen211, coll. date: 4/7/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/3/2012, DHJPAR0049051. ♀, Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Conguera, 10.91589N - 85.26631W 420m., Jose Perez coll., food plant: Malpighiaceae Banisteriopsis elegans , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen127, coll. date: 5/17/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/7/2012, DHJPAR0048714.