Trigonalys championi Cameron, 1897

Smith, David R., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie & Smith, M. Alexander, 2012, Hyperparasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Trigonalidae) reared from dry forest and rain forest caterpillars of Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 29, pp. 119-144 : 133

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scientific name	Trigonalys championi Cameron
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Treatment

Trigonalys championi Cameron Figures 21, 22 View Figures 21–22

Trigonalys championi Cameron 1897: 273.

Discussion.

This strikingly large species is mostly black, shiny, with the propodeum and first metasomal segment contrastingly white; the forewing is darkly infuscated with only the extreme apex and posterior margin somewhat lighter ( Figs 21, 22 View Figures 21–22 ).

The Trigonalys championi DNA barcode is 13-17 % different from other Trigonalidae in the ACG.

Distribution.

Guatemala, Costa Rica ( Carmean and Kimsey 1998).

Specimens examined.

5; 5 barcoded. Deposited in USNM, INBio.

Hosts and biology.

This species has been reared just four times, always from ACG dry forest and its ecotone with rain forest, and always from the large primary parasitoid wasp Enicospilus monticola (Cameron) ( Ichneumonidae , Ophioninae ) parasitizing Oraesia and Gonodonta spp. ( Noctuidae ) feeding on Piper ( Piperaceae ), Annona ( Annonaceae ), or Cissampelos ( Menispermaceae ).