Trissolcus teretis Johnson

Margaría, Cecilia B., Loiácono, Marta S. & Lanteri, Analía A., 2009, New geographic and host records for scelionid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) parasitoids of insect pests in South America, Zootaxa 2314, pp. 41-49 : 46

Trissolcus teretis Johnson

Distribution: Ecuador, Brazil, Chile and Argentina ( Johnson 1987b, 2004; Molinari et al. 2008). New country record for Uruguay, and new province records for Argentina, Córdoba and Tucumán.

Material examined: Argentina, Tucumán, Tala Pozo: 1 male, 25-IV-06, Lizarralde coll., collected by sweeping. Uruguay, Paysandú: 1 female and 1 male, 4-III-2004, Castiglioni coll., reared from eggs of Piezodorus guildinii on Glycine max .

Hosts records: Brontocoris nigrolimbatus (Spinola) and Euschistus heros (Fabricius) ( Hemiptera , Pentatomidae ) ( Johnson 1987b; Medeiros et al. 1997; Molinari et al. 2008). Piezodorus guildinii is a new pentatomid host record. A case of two scelionid species emerging from a single egg mass, T. teretis + Telenomus podisi is herein reported for P. guildinii in Uruguay.