Lytopylus pablocobbi 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 : 132-134

Lytopylus pablocobbi Kang sp. n. Fig. 29

Diagnosis.

Vertex of head entirely melanic; fore wing mostly infuscated; pronotum mostly orange, anteriorly black; mesoscutum entirely orange; anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent; median tergites entirely pale (yellow to orange); median syntergite 2+3 1.1 times longer than wide.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 4.8 mm. Fore wing length 5.0 mm. Fore wing mostly infuscated. Pronotum bicolored. 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 1.1 times longer than wide. Ovipositor longer than metasoma, but shorter than body.

Male.

Unknown.

Etymology.

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

Biology.

Reared one time from elachJanzen01 Janzen640 ( Depressariidae ), a stenomine leaf-tier feeding on mature foliage of Bunchosia odorata ( Malpighiaceae ) in ACG dry forest - rain forest ecotone at 722 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Jardin Estrada, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.86546N - 85.39694W 722m., Gloria Sihezar coll., food plant: Malpighiaceae Bunchosia odorata , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Stenomatinae, elachJanzen01 Janzen640, coll. date: 8/19/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 9/16/2009, DHJPAR0037189.