Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae Kang
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.721.20287 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11328F60-489F-41A1-B3FC-0F2EF21EAE40 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:11328F60-489F-41A1-B3FC-0F2EF21EAE40 |
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scientific name |
Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae Kang |
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sp. n. |
Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae Kang sp. n. Fig. 19
Diagnosis.
Fore wing with a slight yellow tinge; anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent; median tergites entirely pale.
Description.
Holotype: male. Body length 5.8 mm. Fore wing length 5.0 mm. Fore wing with a slight yellow tinge. Scutellar sulcus with four longitudinal carinae. Median areola of propodeum with well-defined margins. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent. Lateral longitudinal carinae of median tergite 1 well-defined. Median syntergite 2+3 as long as wide.
Female.
Unknown.
Etymology.
Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae is named in honor of Ivannia Sandoval in recognition of her participation in the collaborative development of the ICE-ACG geothermal project of Pailas II, northwestern Costa Rica.
Biology.
Reared one time from Dichomerus Janzen703 ( Dichomeridinae, Gelechiidae ) tying and feeding on mature leaves of Neurolaena lobata ( Asteraceae ) in ACG rain forest at 660 m elevation.
Type material.
Holotype ♂: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Carica, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.99284N - 85.42936W 660m., Calixto Moraga coll., food plant: Asteraceae Neurolaena lobata , host caterpillar: Gelechiidae , Dichomeridinae, Dichomeris Janzen703, coll. date: 1/25/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/06/2014, DHJPAR0055344.
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