Trichogramma maxacalii Voegelé & Pointel, 1980

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 : 212

Trichogramma maxacalii Voegelé & Pointel, 1980

Diagnosis. Flagelliform setae relatively short; posterior extension of dorsal lamina straight laterally and apex round- ed; length of intervolsellar process variable (short, extending to the base of volsellae, or beyond).

Comments. It is very similar to other species with a short intervolsellar process, but the oval shape of the genital capsule and the short distance between the volsellae and parameres separate it from the others. It was associated with eucalyptus and was found only in forest environment. According to Zucchi & Monteiro (1977), T. soaresi Nagaraja is a junior synonym of T. maxacalii .

Type repository: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (holotype) and Zoological Station and Biological Control—l’INRA, Antibes (paratypes).

Type locality. Region between the right margin of the river Jequitinhonha and the left margin of the river Mucuri, MG.

Distribution in South America. Brazil.

Host. Euselasia spp. ( Lepidoptera : Riodinidae ) eggs on Eucalyptus sp. ( Myrtaceae ) ( Zucchi & Monteiro, 1994).