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

Trichogramma zucchii Querino, 2003

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).