Lytopylus davidschindeli 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 davidschindeli Sharkey sp. nov.

Diagnostics.

Figure 10 .

BOLD data.

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

Morphological data.

This species keys to L. angelagonzalezae in Kang et al. (2017) and differs in many respects. The most evident is that the propodeum of Lytopylus davidschindeli is almost completely smooth with the central areola barely indicated. This species can be morphologically distinguished from its nearest neighbor, Lytopylus davidstopaki , by having the mesosoma and coxae entirely black or dark brown (Fig. 10 ) compared to entirely tan (Fig. 9 ).

Holotype?: Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, 1150 m, 10.92691 -85.46822; host caterpillar collection date: 06/iii/2012, parasitoid eclosion: 02/iv/2012; depository CNC, holotype voucher code: DHJPAR0049050.

Holotype host data.

elachJanzen01 Janzen185 ( Depressariidae ) feeding on Prunus annularis ( Rosaceae ), caterpillar voucher code:12-SRNP-35088.

Etymology.

Lytopylus davidschindeli is named in honor of David Schindel of the greater Washington, D.C. area and formerly the US National Science Foundation for his decades of understanding the unconventional traits of the biodiversity inventory of Costa Rica’s Área de Conservación Guanacaste.

Figures

Figure 9. Lytopylus davidstopaki, holotype.

Figure 10. Lytopylus davidschindeli, holotype.