Trichogramma atropos Pinto, 1992

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 : 205

Trichogramma atropos Pinto, 1992

Diagnosis. Second funicular segment subquadrate, incomplete anterior vein track present in hindwing, and posterior extension of dorsal lamina triangular.

Comments. Trichogramma atropos and T. clotho Pinto, 1999 are the only two species of the subgenus Vanlius recorded in South America. The indistinct microsculpture on the thorax and the subquadrate second funicular segment, which is slightly longer than wide, are the main characters that separate this species from T. clotho . The mesosoma is rugulose in T. clotho .

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

Type locality. Mérida, Venezuela (holotype).

Distribution in South America. Brazil and Venezuela.

Host. Unknown.