Trissolcus brochymenae (Ashmead)

Margaría, Cecilia B., Loiácono, Marta S. & Lanteri, Analía A., 2009, New geographic and host records for scelionid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) parasitoids of insect pests in South America, Zootaxa 2314, pp. 41-49 : 45

Trissolcus brochymenae (Ashmead)

Distribution: United States of America, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Saint Vincent Island, Saint John, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú, Guyana and Brazil ( Johnson 1987b; Correa-Ferreira 1993; Zanuncio et al. 2000; Loiácono and Margaría 2002). New department record for Colombia, Quindío.

Material examined: Uruguay, Paysandú: 7 females, 4-III-2004, Castiglioni coll., reared from eggs of Piezodorus guildinii , on Glycine max (Fabaceae) ; Colonia, La Estanzuela: 10 females and 11 males, I-II-III- 2005, Alzugaray coll., reared from eggs of Piezodorus guildinii , on legume forrages.

Hosts records: Acrosternum aseadum Rolston , A. impicticorne (Stâl) , A. hilare (Say) , Brochymena arborea (Say) , Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) , Nezara viridula , Piezodorus guildinii and Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ) ( Johnson 1984, 1987b, Zanuncio et al. 2000). A case of two scelionid species emerging from a single egg mass, T. brochymenae + T. podisi is herein reported for P. guildinii in Uruguay.