Lytopylus davidstopaki Sharkey, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, Jacques, Brianne St., Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel, 2021, ? Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records, ZooKeys 1075, pp. 77-136 : 77

? Lytopylus davidstopaki Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 9 .

BOLD data.

BIN: BOLD:ACJ2185; nearest neighbor: Lytopylus davidschindeli BOLD:ACB1289; distance to nearest neighbor is 2.56%. Consensus barcode: AATTTTATATTTTATATTTGGTATTTGATCAGGAATTTTAGGTTTATCATTAAGATTAATTATTCGAATAGAATTAAGAATTGGTGGAAATTTAATTGGAAATGATCAAATTTATAATAGAATTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTATTATTAGGAGGTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTAATTCCTTCATTATTATTATTAATTTTAAGATCTTTAATTAATATTGGTGTAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCATTATCTTTAAATATAAGTCATAGTGGTATATCTGTAGATATAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATATTGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTATAGGAGCTATAAATTTTATTACTACTATTATAAATATATGAATTTTAAATTTAAAATTTGATAAAATACCTTTATTAGTTTGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCAATTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACAAGATTTTTTGATCCTTCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT

Morphological data.

This species keys to L. youngcheae in Kang et al. (2017) but differs in many ways. The easiest to see is that the hind coxae and bases of hind femora are partly black in L. youngcheae and entirely orange in L. davidstopaki . This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor, Lytopylus davidschindeli , by having its mesosoma and coxae entirely tan (Fig. 9 ) compared to entirely black or dark brown (Fig. 10 ).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Laguna, 680m, 10.9888 -85.42336; host caterpillar collection date: 10/i/2013, parasitoid eclosion: 01/ii/2013; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0050948.

Holotype host data.

elachJanzen01 Janzen527 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Calatola costaricensis ( Metteniusaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:13-SRNP-30082.

Paratype.

Same host species as that of the holotype, DHJPAR0050946, DHJPAR0057411.

Etymology.

Lytopylus davidstopaki is named in honor of David Stopak of the Editorial Office of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), in recognition of his decades of editorial understanding and accepting the strange research emerging from the biodiversity inventory of Costa Rica’s Área de Conservación Guanacaste.

Figures

Figure 9. Lytopylus davidstopaki, holotype.

Figure 10. Lytopylus davidschindeli, holotype.