Trichacis Explained
Trichacis is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae. Members of this genus have a tuft of setae on the mesoscutellum and transverse striae or rugulae above the antennae. They are parasitoids of Cecidomyiidae, although the hosts of most species remain unknown.[1]
The genus has been revised for the Nearctic,[2] Neotropics,[3] and Europe. There have been more than 60 species described in Trichacis; however, many of these have been since synonymized.
Species
These 66 species belong to the genus Trichacis:
- Trichacis abdominalis Thomson, 1859
- Trichacis acarinata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis acuminata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis acuta Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis afurcata Szabó, 1977
- Trichacis alticola Masner, 1983
- Trichacis ariaspennae Buhl, 2011
- Trichacis arizonensis (Ashmead, 1893)
- Trichacis bidentiscutum Szabó, 1981
- Trichacis bison Masner, 1983
- Trichacis celticola Masner, 1983
- Trichacis clypeata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis colombiana Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis concavata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis cornicola (Ashmead, 1893)
- Trichacis cornuta Fouts, 1925
- Trichacis corrugata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis costaricana Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis crossi MacGown, 1989
- Trichacis delsinnei Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis denudata Buhl, 2001
- Trichacis depressa Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis dianae Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis didas (Walker, 1836)
- Trichacis dracula Masner, 1983
- Trichacis elongata Masner, 1983
- Trichacis fernandezi Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis fusciala Szabó, 1981
- Trichacis hajduica Szabó, 1981
- Trichacis hansoni Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis howensis Dodd, 1924
- Trichacis huberi Masner, 1983
- Trichacis hungarica Szabó, 1977
- Trichacis illusor Kieffer, 1916
- Trichacis indica Kieffer, 1907
- Trichacis kaulbarsi Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis khajjiara Mani, 1975
- Trichacis laticornis Buhl, 2001
- Trichacis magnifica Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis mahunkai Szabo, 1981
- Trichacis mandibulata Masner, 1983
- Trichacis meridionalis (Brues, 1910)
- Trichacis mexicana Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis nosferatus Buhl, 1997
- Trichacis opaca Thomson, 1859
- Trichacis panamana Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis pannonica Szabó, 1977
- Trichacis pecki Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis pisis (Walker, 1836)
- Trichacis procera Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis proximata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis pulchricornis Szelényi, 1953
- Trichacis punctata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis pyramidalis Masner, 1983
- Trichacis quadriclava Szabó, 1981
- Trichacis remulus (Walker, 1836)
- Trichacis rufipes Ashmead, 1893
- Trichacis sculpturata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis striata Masner, 1983
- Trichacis tatika Szabó, 1977
- Trichacis texana Fouts, 1925
- Trichacis transversata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis triangulata Arias-Penna & Masner
- Trichacis tristis (Nees von Esenbeck, 1834)
- Trichacis virginiensis Ashmead, 1893
- Trichacis vitreus Buhl, 1997
Further reading
- An online photographic catalog of primary types of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 2017. Talamas . E.J.. Thompson . J.. Cutler . A.. Fitzsimmons-Schoenbe . R.. Cuminale . A.. Jung . T.. Johnson . N.. Valerio . A.. Smith . A.. Haltermann . V.. Alvarez . E.. Schwantes . C.. Blewer . C.. Bodenreider . C.. Sazverg . A.. Luo . P.. Meislin . D.. Buffington . M.L.. 4. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 56. 187–224. 10.3897/jhr.56.10774. free.
Notes and References
- Awad . Jessica . Krogmann . Lars . Talamas . Elijah . 2023-05-08 . Illuminating a Dark Taxon: Revision of European Trichacis Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) reveals a glut of synonyms . Zootaxa . en . 5278 . 3 . 563–577 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.8 . 37518757 . 1175-5334. free .
- Masner . Lubomir . September 1983 . REVISION OF THE NEARCTIC SPECIES OF TRICHACIS FOERSTER (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA: PLATYGASTRIDAE) . The Canadian Entomologist . en . 115 . 9 . 1071–1093 . 10.4039/Ent1151071-9 . 86083032 . 1918-3240.
- Arias-Penna . Tania Milena . Masner . Lubomir . Delsinne . Thibaut . 2012-06-07 . Revision of the Neotropical species of Trichacis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae), with description of 24 new species . Zootaxa . 3337 . 1 . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3337.1.1 . 1175-5334.
