A new species of Trisecodes from the Afrotropics (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae)
Author
Gumovsky, Alex
text
Zootaxa
2014
3852
5
553
561
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3852.5.3
629360af-f7bc-42f5-9d4a-3ae23923922d
1175-5326
251817
F3201303-1585-43B4-A7F8-04AD38DD7565
Trisecodes
Delvare & LaSalle
Trisecodes
Delvare & LaSalle, 2000
: 305
.
Type
species:
Trisecodes agromyzae
Delvare & LaSalle, 2000
, original designation (
type
series studied, BMNH,
Fig. 4
).
Diagnosis
. Tarsi 3-segmented; antenna with 3 short, transverse funicular segments and 2-segmented clava; subtorular grooves present, diverging downwards; frontal sulcus angulate, V-shaped, placed far below median ocellus; scrobal grooves disconnected from each other; notauli complete, impressed; fore wing with characteristic pattern of hairlines originating from stigmal vein and bare areas above them; metasoma petiolate.
Biology
. The
type
species of this genus is recorded as a larval parasitoid of agromyzid flies on various host plants (
Delvare & LaSalle 2000
).
Distribution
. Neotropics (
Delvare & LaSalle 2000
) and Afrotropics (
Gumovsky
et al
. 2006
; present).