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 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 ).