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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4656.2.1
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Trichogramma esalqueanum
Querino & Zucchi, 2003
Diagnosis
. Flagelliform setae long; basiconic sensilla oval-elongate; scutellum with long blackish anterior setae; genital capsule elongate; dorsal lamina short, with blunt apex at level of intervolsellar process, which is short.
Comments
. This species is similar to
T. bruni
, but differs in having elongated basiconic sensilla, scutellum with long anterior setae, and short dorsal lamina extending to the level of the intervolsellar process. Samples of
T
.
esalqueanum
were analyzed for the ITS2 sequence of rDNA (GenBank ID AY182763.1), and the results showed that it differs from all other previously known species (
Almeida & Stouthamer 2015
). It was collected in a forest reserve.
Type repository
. ESALQ (holotype) and University of California, Riverside.
Type locality
. Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Distribution in South America
. Brazil (forest reserve).
Hosts
.
Mechanitis lysimnia
(Fabricius, 1793)
and
Heliconius erato phyllis
(Fabricius, 1775
)
(
Lepidoptera
:
Nymphalidae
). Both butterfly species lay their eggs on
Passiflora
sp. (
Passifloraceae
).