Trichogramma alloeovirilia Querino & Zucchi, 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 : 204

Trichogramma alloeovirilia Querino & Zucchi, 2003

Diagnosis. Scutellum with dark anterior setae, ventral processes swollen and far from each other, dorsal lamina without distinct basal constriction and pointed apex, intervolsellar process short.

Comments. The swollen ventral processes located at the base of the intervolsellar process distinguishes T. alloeovirilia from T. acuminatum and T. tupinense . It differs from T. browningi Pinto & Oatman, 1985 , another species with swollen ventral processes, in having the dorsal lamina with a constriction and tapering to a narrow apex. Variation was observed in the number of sensilla (1-1-2-0-1-1). In smaller adults, the size of the structures and consequently the number of basiconic sensilla and setae also decrease. Trichogramma alloeovirilia was collected in an electrical suction trap set in a forest reserve ( Querino & Zucchi 2003a). Only the type material is known.

Type repository. ESALQ.

Type locality. Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.

Distribution in South America. Brazil.

Host. Unknown (forest habitat).