Trichogramma iracildae 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 : 210

Trichogramma iracildae Querino & Zucchi, 2003

Diagnosis. Genital capsule broad, ventral processes clearly set far apart, very short intervolsellar process with apex bifid or pointed, posterior extension of dorsal lamina short and apex blunt.

Comments. Trichogramma iracildae is separated from all other South American species by the usually bifid intervolsellar process and the ventral processes located far apart ( Querino & Zucchi, 2003b). This feature is also present in T. marthae Goodpasture, 1986 (a North American species), but in T. iracildae the ventral processes are far from each other, the intervolsellar process is usually bifid and the ventral ridge is long. Based on analysis of the ITS2 rDNA sequences (GenBank ID AY182760.1), T. iracildae differs from all other known species ( Almeida & Stouthamer 2015). Only the type material is known.

Type repository. ESALQ (holotype) and University of California, Riverside (paratypes).

Type locality. Maceió, AL.

Distribution in South America. Brazil.

Host. Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782) ( Lepidoptera : Hesperiidae ) on Canna sp. ( Cannaceae ).