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Diagnosis
Occiput with horseshoe shaped carina.
Petiole short
and inconspicuous.
Family : Pteromalidae
Subfamily : Pteromalinae
Classification
Overview
Trichomalopsis is known from all continents, with about 50 described
species (Noyes, 2002; 2003). It
has been extensively treated in earlier literature as Eupteromalus.
Species are generally gregarious parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of Lepidoptera
and Diptera, although they also attack various other hosts such as spider
egg sacs and Pompilidae. Hyperparasitism through Braconidae
and Ichneumonidae is common (Boucek,
1988; Noyes 2002; 2003). More
than one undetermined species may be present in the region, although they
are not common.
Identification