Lytopylus flavicalcar (Enderlein) 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 : 389

Lytopylus flavicalcar (Enderlein) comb. n. Figs 89

Metriosoma flavicalcar Enderlein 1920

Description.

Body length 8.2 - 9.5 mm. Ovipositor length 9.0 - 10.5 mm. Gena rounded or with an obtuse angle posterolaterally. Longitudinal groove on interantennal prominence absent. Protuberances on occiput absent. Propodeum mostly smooth, lacking areolae. Notauli absent, or indicated by a weak smooth medio-posterior depression. Posterior margin of syntergum 2+3 straight. Median syntergite 2 + 3 smooth, lacking microsculpture. Forewing mostly or entirely infuscate. Color as in Figs 8, 9. Color variation: I have only included specimens here that are colored almost exactly as is the holotype. There are many other specimens from Costa Rica (INBio) that seem structurally to be very similar but differ primarily in that the hind femur is completely melanic. These may or may not be conspecific.

Distribution.

Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces, Costa Rica. Click here for a distribution map.

Biology.

Unknown.

Material examined.

Holotype: ♀, Colombia, Fusagasuga (about 30 km. S. of Bogota), E. Pehlke S. (collector), Museum of the Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Science.

Non-type material:

[HIC, InBio]: Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Buenos Aires: Estacion Altamira: Sendero Los Gigantes: 10.469N, 84.339W, 1450m, 15.vii.-16.viii.2000.♀ H6407, ♀ H6465. Alajuela: Upala: Albergue Heliconias: Sendero Mirador, 10.891N, 85.015W, 1000m, 20-31.viii.2000: ♀ H7082