Host and host plant of L. nigricans sp. nov. A parasitized caterpillar of lithosiine (Arctiinae, Erebidae) moth on Chusquea leaf B unparasitized caterpillar of the same species, showing healthy color, and from which the adult was reared and identified as Ardonea sp. C a stand of Chusquea scandens Kunth from which the host caterpillars were reared.

 
 
  Part of: Carrington-Hoekstra P, Fernandez-Triana J, Dyer LA, Whitfield J (2023) Larissimus nigricans sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new reared species of a rare neotropical genus recovered through biodiversity inventory in Ecuador. ZooKeys 1156: 15-24. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1156.101396