Trisecodes is a genus of parasitic chalcid wasps of the family Systasidae.[2] The genus was originally placed in Eulophidae, based on a number of morphological features,[1] but molecular evidence suggests that the genus is more closely related to Systasis and Semiotellus.[3] The type species (Trisecodes agromyzae) is a parasitoid of a range of Agromyzid leaf-mining flies.

Trisecodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Systasidae
Genus: Trisecodes
Delvare and LaSalle, 2000[1]
Type species
Trisecodes agromyzae
Delvare and LaSalle, 2000
Species

There are two known species:

Description

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These are small (0.6-0.85 mm long), dark wasps. Their tarsi have only three segments. Each antenna has three short funicular segments and a clava with two segments.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Delvare, G.; Lasalle, J. (2000). "Trisecodes gen. n., (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae), the first eulophid with three tarsal segments". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. S2CID 83394199.
  2. ^ Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
  3. ^ Cruaud, Astrid; Rasplus, Jean-Yves; Zhang, Junxia; et al. (2022-09-13). The Chalcidoidea bush of life – a massive radiation blurred by mutational saturation (PDF) (Report). bioRxiv 10.1101/2022.09.11.507458. doi:10.1101/2022.09.11.507458.
  4. ^ a b Noyes, J.S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b Gumovsky, Alex (2014-08-19). "A new species of Trisecodes from the Afrotropics (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae)". Zootaxa. 3852 (5): 553–561. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3852.5.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25284417.