Annotated checklist and illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from South America Author Querino, Ranyse B. Author Zucchi, Roberto A. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-14 4656 2 201 231 journal article 26026 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.2.1 1108d0b7-f5aa-4c73-9598-7f80ae398886 1175-5326 3368097 3BCA5814-1747-4936-B36E-30E3D6016178 Trichogramma lasallei Pinto, 1999 Diagnosis . Flagelliform setae long with apex uniformly pointed; scutellum with distinct, dark anterior setae; ventral ridge short, with anterior limit indistinct; ventral processes far from the base of intervolsellar process, which is short. Comments . This species resembles T. bruni and T. rojasi ; however, it differs from both in having the ventral processes far from the base of the intervolsellar process and a short ventral ridge. Trichogramma lasallei and T. rojasi were also characterized by molecular techniques (GenBank ID AF282237.1 and GenBank ID AF282239.1, respectively) ( Ciociola et al . 2001 ). Trichogramma bellaunionense is similar to T. lasallei morphologically (see Comments on T. bellaunionense ). Type repository . National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Type locality . Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Distribution in South America . Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Hosts . Trichogramma lasallei parasitizes several major pests such as Anticarsia gemmatalis ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) on soybeans in Brazil, Diatraea saccharalis ( Lepidoptera : Crambidae ) on sugarcane in Uruguay, and Diatraea sp. on rice in Venezuela.