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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1175-5326
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Trichogramma pusillum
Querino & Zucchi, 2003
Diagnosis
. Genital capsule small; dorsal lamina with broad posterior extension; intervolsellar process extremely minute.
Comments
.
Trichogramma pusillum
resembles
T. bennetti
, a Colombian species, but it differs by the short intervolsellar process, shorter flagelliform setae, unmodified volsellae, narrower genital capsule, and short ventral ridge with an indistinct anterior extremity. The most conspicuous character to distinguish them are the volsellae, which are distinctly lobate in
T. bennetti
.
Trichogramma pusillum
was collected in an electrical suction trap set in a forest reserve (
Querino & Zucchi 2003a
). Only the type material is known.
Type repository
. ESALQ (holotype) and University of California, Riverside.
Type locality
. Piracicaba, SP.
Distribution in South America
. Brazil.
Host
. Unknown (forest habitat).