Lytopylus macadamiae ( Briceno and Sharkey) Sharkey, Michael J., Clutts, Stephanie, Tucker, Erika M., Janzen, Daniel, Hallwachs, Winnie, Dapkey, Tanya & Smith, M. Alex, 2011

Sharkey, Michael J., Clutts, Stephanie, Tucker, Erika M., Janzen, Daniel, Hallwachs, Winnie, Dapkey, Tanya & Smith, M. Alex, 2011, Lytopylus Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) species from Costa Rica, with an emphasis on specimens reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, ZooKeys 130, pp. 379-419 : 393

Lytopylus macadamiae ( Briceno and Sharkey) comb. n. Fig. 1819

Bassus macadamiae Briceño and Sharkey, 2000.

Description.

Body length 4.4 - 6.8 mm. Ovipositor length 4.7 - 7.1. Gena rounded or with an obtuse angle posterolaterally. Longitudinal groove on interantennal prominence absent. Protuberances on occiput absent. Propodeum with carinae forming areolae, median areola not rounded anteriorly. Notauli well-impressed, smooth without crenulae, or with one or two crenulae restricted to extreme anterior apex along border of mesoscutum. Posterior margin of syntergum 2+3 straight. Median syntergite 2 + 3 longitudinally striate except extreme apex and medial transverse groove smooth. Forewing mostly or entirely infuscate. Color as in Figs 18, 19. Color variation: There is very little variation in color.

Distribution.

Known from Venezuela and Costa Rica. For a distribution map, click here.

Biology.

Reared from Ecdytolopha aurantiana and Ecedytolopha tortricornis , ( Tortricidae ), both on Macadamia integrifolia (see Briceño and Sharkey 2000).

Material examined.

See Briceño and Sharkey, 2000.