Lytopylus sangyeoni 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 : 137-139

Lytopylus sangyeoni Kang sp. n. Fig. 33

Diagnosis.

Fore wing mostly infuscated; hind coxa entirely pale; mesoscutum entirely black; scutellar sulcus with one median longitudinal carina; anterior transverse carina of propodeum reaching the lateral margin; median tergites mostly pale with posterior terga black; median syntergite 2+3 as long as wide.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 5.5 mm. Fore wing length 5.3 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 reaching the lateral margin. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 as long as wide. Ovipositor longer than metasoma, but shorter than body.

Male.

Unknown.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sangyeon Park, father-in-law of the first author.

Biology.

Reared one time from elachJanzen01 Janzen847 ( Depressariidae ) as a leaf-tier feeding on mature leaves of Senegalia tenuifolia ( Fabaceae ) in ACG rain forest at 527 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.9305N - 85.37223W 527m., Carolina Cano coll., food plant: Fabaceae Senegalia tenuifolia , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , subfamily unknown, elachJanzen01 Janzen847, coll. date: 11/4/2011, parasitoid eclosion date: 11/21/2011, DHJPAR0046955.