Trichogramma colombiense Velásquez & Téran, 1995

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Trichogramma colombiense Velásquez & Téran, 1995

Diagnosis. Dorsal lamina with slight basal and heavily sclerotized constriction, originating from the anterior part to middle of genital capsule and slightly exceeding volsellae; intervolsellar processes robust and tubular.

Comments. This species is very similar to T. marandobai Brun, Moraes & Soares, 1986 , and it is very difficult to separate them morphologically; for distinguishing characters see Velásquez & Terán (2003). Trichogramma colombiense is the only species associated with Erinnyis ello on cassava not recorded in Brazil. There is some confusion in the literature regarding the year of the species description because the original authors have used 1994 ( Velásquez & Téran, 2003). However, the correct date is 1995, when the description was formally published in Les Colloques del’INRA. In 1994, the description was published in a MSc thesis ( Velásquez, 1994), which is not considered a publication by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature for the purposes of describing a new species. In fact, the name published in 1994 is a nomen nudum.

Type repository. Museo de Zoologia, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela.

Type locality. Burga, Colombia.

Distribution in South America. Colombia, Venezuela ( Velásquez & Téran, 1995) and Uruguay ( Grille et al. 2009).

Hosts. Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) on maize (Zea mays L.) and Erinnyis ello (L., 1758) ( Lepidoptera : Sphingidae ) on cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz ).