Lytopylus tigrinus Silva, Shimbori & Fernandes 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Silva, Antonielson B.
name: Shimbori, Eduardo M.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Lytopylus
Lytopylus tigrinus

description: Lytopylus tigrinus Silva, Shimbori & Fernandes sp. nov.
(Figs 3 A– H)
Type material. Holotype female: Brazil, Amazonas, Novo Airão, Igarapé Mato Grosso, AM-240, Km 27. 02°48′51″S 60°55′24″W, 07-11.VII.2015. Xavier-Filho, F.F. col. (INPA).
Diagnosis. May be distinguished from all other known members of the genus by the following combination of characters: antenna with 36 flagellomeres; fore wing and hind wing entirely infuscate, second submarginal cell of fore wing triangular; mesoscutum entirely brownish orange; propodeal areola wide and well developed, anterior transversal carina of propodeum present; metasoma with black bands apically onT3–6 apically; apex of the median tibia and entire posterior tarsi brown; base of first posterior and median tarsi orange yellow; metasoma 1.1× longer than ovipositor.
Description of female. Body length 5.64 mm (Fig. 3A).
Head: Antenna with 36 flagellomeres, 5.1 mm; head transverse in dorsal view, about 2.1× wider than long. Mesosoma: Scutellar sulcus with one median longitudinal carina; median areola of metanotum well defined with lateral and centrally sharp carinae. Fore wing entirely infuscate, length 4.71 mm; second submarginal cell of fore wing triangular and sessile, height 0.21 mm; (RS+M)a well-developed, almost complete but not tubular at midlength. Propodeum with well-defined median areola; areola wider anteriorly, length 3.8× its width; anterior transverse carinae present and reaching lateral margin. Metasoma: First median tergite with 2 distinct lateral longitudinal carinae extending 3/5 length of the median tergite; median syntergite 2+3 0.9× longer than wide; metasoma 1.1× longer than ovipositor. Color: Mostly brownish orange, except: antenna, tarsal claws, edge of mesoscutum, apex and base of posterior tibia, entire posterior tarsi, and metasomal T3–T6 with black bands apically; apex of mid tibia and posterior tarsi brown; base of first posterior and mid tarsi orange yellow; wings entirely infuscate, ovipositor sheath dark orange.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution. Amazonas (Brazil) (Fig. 4)
Biology. Host unknown.
Etymology. The specific epithet “ tigrinus ” was chosen to reflect the characteristic of the metasoma that has an orange hue with black stripes like those of tigers.
Discussion. The new species is similar to Lytopylus alejandromasisi Kang, 2017 (Kang et al. 2017), in having the fore wing uniformly infuscate, hind tibia black basally and apically and yellow medially, anterior transverse carina of propodeum reaching lateral margin, and second submarginal cell of fore wing triangular and sessile. It differs from L. alejandromasisi in having a larger body length, measuring 8.4 mm, compared with 5.6 mm in L. alejandromasisi, and a mostly brownish orange body with black bands apically on T3–6, compared with a mainly black body with contrasting bright yellow thorax in L. alejandromasisi.
description: Published as part of Silva, Antonielson B., Shimbori, Eduardo M. & Fernandes, Daniell R. R., 2025, Three new species of Lytopylus Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Brazil, pp. 167-176 in Zootaxa 5594 (1) on pages 172-175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/14954256