Lytopylus alejandromasisi 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 : 98

Lytopylus alejandromasisi Kang sp. n. Fig. 3

Diagnosis.

Fore wing mostly infuscated; hind tibia black basally and distally, yellow at mid-length; pronotum entirely yellow; mesoscutum entirely pale; anterior transverse carina of propodeum reaching the lateral margin; median tergites entirely pale.

Description.

Holotype: male. Body length 5.6 mm. Fore wing length 5.4 mm. Fore wing mostly infuscated. Scutellar sulcus with five longitudinal carinae. 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 1.1 times longer than wide.

Female.

Unknown.

Etymology.

Lytopylus alejandromasisi is named in honor of Alejandro Masis 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 Gelechiidae "same as 93-SRNP-3345.1" feeding on very new leaves of Bursera tomentosa ( Burseraceae ) in ACG dry forest at 280 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♂: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Quebrada Duende, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.83663N - 85.61144W 280m., gusaneros coll., host plant: Burseraceae Bursera tomentosa , host caterpillar: Gelechiidae , same as 93-SRNP-3345.1, coll. date: 7/7/1993, parasitoid eclosion date: 7/25/1993, DHJPAR0015416.