Lytopylus ebulus (Nixon) Sharkey & Clutts, 2011

Sharkey, Michael J. & Clutts, Stephanie A., 2011, A revision of Thai Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of six new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22, pp. 69-132 : 96

Lytopylus ebulus (Nixon) stat. n. Fig. 52

Agathis ebula Nixon 1950. [BMNH, type examined]

Lytopylus romani by Sharkey (1998). [Previous synonym]

Agathis burmensis Bhat & Gupta, 1977. syn. n.

Diagnosis.

The orange pro- and mesothorax combined with milky white mid and hind basitarsomeres distinguish this species.

Notes.

Here we synonymize Agathis burmensis Bhat and Gupta (1997). It differs from the holotype of Lytopylus ebulus only in minor color variation and the degree of sculpture on metasomal tergum three, which is somewhat reduced in Agathis burmensis .

Distribution.

Examined specimens are from India, Taiwan, Burma, and Thailand. The pale specimen figured in van Achterberg and Long (2010, Fig. 217) identified as Lytopylus romani appears to be a representative of this species. Distribution map of the Thai specimens which are deposited in QSBG can be found on http://purl.org/thaimaps/ebulus.

Figures

. Figure 52. Lytopylus ebulus a lateral habitus b fore wing.