Trichogramma stampae Vincent, 1986

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 : 215

Trichogramma stampae Vincent, 1986

Diagnosis. Flagellum relatively short; the degree of fusion of funicular segments with one another and with claval segments is less than in most Trichogramma species ( Pinto 1999).

Comments. Females of T. stampae are unique among Trichogramma species in having 8 placoid sensilla on the clava, in contrast to 5 in other species ( Pinto 1999).

Type repository. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

Type locality. Front Royal, Warren Co, Virginia, USA.

Distribution in South America. Colombia.

Host. Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) ( Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae ) on Helianthus sp. ( Asteraceae ).