Trichogramma zucchii Querino, 2003

Querino, Ranyse B. & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2019, Annotated checklist and illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from South America, Zootaxa 4656 (2), pp. 201-231 : 216

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3BCA5814-1747-4936-B36E-30E3D6016178
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5943734
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F05B87A2-E764-FF8E-09A9-FD9DFEE7E8FB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Trichogramma zucchii Querino, 2003
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Trichogramma zucchii Querino, 2003 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Several setae with indistinct bases in first sections of flagellum; anterior setae of scutellum relatively long and dark; dorsal lamina long and linguiform, extending to volsellae; intervolsellar process relatively short.

Comments. Trichogramma zucchii can be readily distinguished from other Neotropical species by the dorsal lamina with a tongue-shaped posterior extension, extending beyond the volsellae; and by several unsocketed setae on the first sections of the flagellum.

Type repository: ESALQ (holotype) and University of California, Riverside.

Type locality: Piracicaba, SP.

Distribution in South America. Brazil.

Host. Melanolophia sp. ( Lepidoptera : Geometridae ), in a forest reserve ( Querino et al. 2017).