Trisecodes

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
Scientific classification
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
Trisecodes africanum Gumovsky, 2014 Trisecodes agromyzae Delvare and LaSalle, 2000

There are two known species:

• Trisecodes agromyzae from Belize, Costa Rica and Guadeloupe;^[1][4] and
• Trisecodes africanum from Cameroon, Guinea and Uganda.^[5][4]

Description

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]