Lytopylus okchunae 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 : 131-132

Lytopylus okchunae Kang sp. n. Fig. 28

Diagnosis.

Apical flagellomeres brown not distinctly paler than subapical flagellomeres; vertex of head entirely melanic; fore wing mostly infuscated; mesoscutum entirely orange; anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent; median tergites entirely orange; median syntergite 2+3 1.5 times longer than wide.

Description.

Holotype: female. Body length 6.8 mm. Fore wing length 6.3 mm. Fore wing mostly infuscated. Scutellar sulcus with one median longitudinal carina. 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 1.5 times longer than wide. Ovipositor about same length as body.

Males.

Similar to holotype except for median tergite color. Median tergites usually mostly pale with posterior three terga melanic.

Etymology.

Lytopylus okchunae is named in honor of Okchun Kim, grandmother of the first author.

Biology.

Reared 18 times from three species of Antaeotricha ( Depressariidae ) leaf-webbers feeding on mature leaves of five species of broad-leafed monocots ( Hylaeanthe , Renealmia , Hedychium , Pleiostachya , Calathea ) in the Marantaceae and Zingiberaceae in ACG rain forest 96-575 m elevation.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.96187N - 85.28045W 96m., Cirilo Umaña coll., food plant: Marantaceae Pleiostachya leiostachya , host caterpillar: Depressariidae , Stenomatinae, Antaeotricha Janzen224, coll. date: 2/20/2012 parasitoid eclosion date: 3/4/2012, DHJPAR0050369. Paratypes: [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♀, Sendero Anonas, 10.90528N - 85.27882W 405m., Jose Perez coll., food plant: Marantaceae Hylaeanthe hoffmannii , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen78, coll. date: 12/9/2010 parasitoid eclosion date: 1/2/2011, DHJPAR0041164. ♂, Anabelle Cordoba coll., food plant: Zingiberaceae Renealmia cernua , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen727, coll. date: 12/4/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/23/2012, DHJPAR0051363. ♀, Quebrada Bambu, 10.9301N - 85.25205W 109m., Cirilo Umaña coll. food plant: Hylaeanthe hoffmannii , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen78, coll. date: 10/29/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 11/16/2012, DHJPAR0050939. [same as previous except coll. date and eclosion date] ♀, coll. date: 2/14/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 3/24/2013, DHJPAR0051910. ♂, coll. date: 12/30/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/16/2015, DHJPAR0057424. ♂, coll. date: 12/30/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/14/2015, DHJPAR0056977. ♀, coll. date: 1/6/2015, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/20/2015, DHJPAR0056982. ♀, coll. date: 1/6/2015, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/20/2015, DHJPAR0056980. ♂, Finca Esmeralda, 10.93548N - 85.25314W 123m., Cirilo Umaña coll., food plant: Hylaeanthe hoffmannii , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen78, coll. date: 1/6/2015, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/18/2015, DHJPAR0056981. ♀, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Colegio, 10.89296N - 85.3788W 520m., Carolina Cano coll. food plant: Hylaeanthe hoffmannii , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen78, coll. date: 9/30/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 10/12/2009, DHJPAR0037191. ♀, Estacion San Gerardo, 10.88009N - 85.38887W 575m., Gloria Sihezar coll. food plant: Zingiberaceae Hedychium coronarium (introduced), host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen727, coll. date: 5/1/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/16/2014, DHJPAR0055345. [same as previous except coll. date and eclosion date] ♀, coll. date: 5/1/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/17/2014, DHJPAR0055355. ♀, coll. date: 5/1/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/19/2014, DHJPAR0055984. ♀, Rio Blanco Abajo, 10.90037N - 85.37254W 500m., Gloria Sihezar coll., food plant: Zingiberaceae Hedychium coronarium (introduced), host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen727, coll. date: 5/9/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/1/2014, DHJPAR0055819. ♀, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 11.01926N - 85.40997W 440m., Manuel Rios coll., food plant: Calathea marantifolia , host caterpillar: Antaeotricha Janzen78, coll. date: 12/1/2005, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/16/2005, DHJPAR0015529.