AnimaliaHymenopteraBraconidaeKangIlgooChapmanEric G.JanzenDaniel H.HallwachsWinnieTanya DapkeySmithM. AlexSharkeyMichael J.Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae)Zookeys1212201720177219315810.3897/zookeys.721.20287 Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae http://zoobank.org/11328F60-489F-41A1-B3FC-0F2EF21EAE40 Kangsp. n.Fig. 19Diagnosis.

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.

Lytopylus ivanniasandovalae holotype: A lateral habitus B anterior head C propodeum D dorsal habitus E fore wing F hind wing.