Trichacis is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae. Members of this genus have a tuft of setae on the mesoscutellum and transverse striae or rugulae above the antennae. They are parasitoids of Cecidomyiidae, although the hosts of most species remain unknown.
The genus has been revised for the Nearctic, Neotropics, and Europe. There have been more than 60 species described in Trichacis; however, many of these have been since synonymized.
Species
These 66 species belong to the genus Trichacis:
- Trichacis abdominalis <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Trichacis acarinata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis acuminata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis acuta <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis afurcata <small>Szabó, 1977</small>
- Trichacis alticola <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis ariaspennae <small>Buhl, 2011</small>
- Trichacis arizonensis <small>(Ashmead, 1893)</small>
- Trichacis bidentiscutum <small>Szabó, 1981</small>
- Trichacis bison <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis celticola <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis clypeata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis colombiana <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis concavata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis cornicola <small>(Ashmead, 1893)</small>
- Trichacis cornuta <small>Fouts, 1925</small>
- Trichacis corrugata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis costaricana <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis crossi <small>MacGown, 1989</small>
- Trichacis delsinnei <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis denudata <small>Buhl, 2001</small>
- Trichacis depressa <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis dianae <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis didas <small>(Walker, 1836)</small>
- Trichacis dracula <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis elongata <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis fernandezi <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis fusciala <small>Szabó, 1981</small>
- Trichacis hajduica <small>Szabó, 1981</small>
- Trichacis hansoni <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis howensis <small>Dodd, 1924</small>
- Trichacis huberi <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis hungarica <small>Szabó, 1977</small>
- Trichacis illusor <small>Kieffer, 1916</small>
- Trichacis indica <small>Kieffer, 1907</small>
- Trichacis kaulbarsi <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis khajjiara <small>Mani, 1975</small>
- Trichacis laticornis <small>Buhl, 2001</small>
- Trichacis magnifica <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis mahunkai <small>Szabo, 1981</small>
- Trichacis mandibulata <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis meridionalis <small>(Brues, 1910)</small>
- Trichacis mexicana <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis nosferatus <small>Buhl, 1997</small>
- Trichacis opaca <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Trichacis panamana <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis pannonica <small>Szabó, 1977</small>
- Trichacis pecki <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis pisis <small>(Walker, 1836)</small>
- Trichacis procera <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis proximata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis pulchricornis <small>Szelényi, 1953</small>
- Trichacis punctata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis pyramidalis <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis quadriclava <small>Szabó, 1981</small>
- Trichacis remulus <small>(Walker, 1836)</small>
- Trichacis rufipes <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Trichacis sculpturata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis striata <small>Masner, 1983</small>
- Trichacis tatika <small>Szabó, 1977</small>
- Trichacis texana <small>Fouts, 1925</small>
- Trichacis transversata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis triangulata <small>Arias-Penna & Masner</small>
- Trichacis tristis <small>(Nees von Esenbeck, 1834)</small>
- Trichacis virginiensis <small>Ashmead, 1893</small>
- Trichacis vitreus <small>Buhl, 1997</small>
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