Trichacis

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]

Trichacis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Platygastridae
Subfamily: Platygastrinae
Genus: Trichacis
Förster, 1856
Female specimen of Trichacis tristis, lateral habitus. Collected from Rügen Island, Germany, May 2015.

The genus has been revised for the Nearctic,[2] Neotropics,[3] and Europe.[1] There have been more than 60 species described in Trichacis;[4][5][6] however, many of these have been since synonymized.[1]

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

References

  1. 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. 5278 (3): 563–577. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.8. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. Masner, Lubomir (September 1983). "REVISION OF THE NEARCTIC SPECIES OF TRICHACIS FOERSTER (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA: PLATYGASTRIDAE)". The Canadian Entomologist. 115 (9): 1071–1093. doi:10.4039/Ent1151071-9. ISSN 1918-3240.
  3. 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3337.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. "Trichacis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  5. "Trichacis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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