Trichopria

Trichopria
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Diapriidae
Subfamily:	Diapriinae
Genus:	Trichopria; Ashmead, 1893

Trichopria is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Diapriidae. These wasps are known for their role in biological control, parasitizing various insects such as flies, and are distributed worldwide.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Trichopria:

Trichopria abdominalis Fouts, 1926
Trichopria acuminata Dodd, 1915
Trichopria acuta (Dodd, 1915)
Trichopria acutiventris (Brues, 1902)
Trichopria affinis (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria agromyzae (Fitch, 1856)
Trichopria angustipennis Muesebeck, 1939
Trichopria armata (Ashmead, 1888)
Trichopria atrichomelinae Muesebeck, 1972
Trichopria atricorpus Dodd, 1915
Trichopria bifovea Kieffer, 1895
Trichopria bifoveolata (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria californica (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria carolinensis Ashmead, 1893
Trichopria clarimontis (Kieffer, 1906)
Trichopria columbiana (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria crassiclava (Kieffer, 1906)
Trichopria dentata Muesebeck, 1967
Trichopria discreta Muesebeck, 1893
Trichopria drosophilae
Trichopria erythropus (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria erythrothorax (Ashmead, 1887)
Trichopria fimicola (Ferrière, 1933)
Trichopria flavipes Ashmead, 1893
Trichopria floridana (Ashmead, 1887)
Trichopria floridensis (Ashmead, 1887)
Trichopria foveata (Kieffer, 1908)
Trichopria giraulti Dodd, 1916
Trichopria globiceps (Dodd, 1916)
Trichopria haematobiae (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria harringtoni (Ashmead, 1888)
Trichopria hirticollis (Ashmead, 1887)
Trichopria infuscatipes (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria kiefferi Muesebeck, 1979
Trichopria laeviventris (Dodd, 1915)
Trichopria longiclava Dodd, 1915
Trichopria megaplasta (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria melanocera (Kieffer, 1906)
Trichopria minutissima (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria montana (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria muscae (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria myoleptae Muesebeck, 1967
Trichopria nevadensis (Kieffer, 1906)
Trichopria nigricorpus Dodd, 1915
Trichopria norfolcensis (Dodd, 1924)
Trichopria occidentalis (Fouts, 1927)
Trichopria pacifica Ashmead, 1893
Trichopria paludis Muesebeck, 1939
Trichopria parva (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria pentaplasta Ashmead, 1893
Trichopria pezomachoides (Ashmead, 1888)
Trichopria popei (Muesebeck)
Trichopria popenoei Ashmead
Trichopria provancheri (Kieffer, 1916)
Trichopria pulchrithorax (Dodd, 1915)
Trichopria quadrata Dodd, 1916
Trichopria rubrithorax (Dodd, 1915)
Trichopria rufipes Ashmead, 1893
Trichopria schwarzii (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria semicastanea (Dodd, 1915)
Trichopria tabanivora Fouts, 1926
Trichopria tetraplasta (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria texana (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria unifoveata (Kieffer, 1906)
Trichopria utahensis (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria villosicornis (Kieffer, 1906)
Trichopria virginica (Ashmead, 1893)
Trichopria virginiensis Masner, 1893
Trichopria zimmermanni Ashmead, 1893

Extinct species

†Trichopria electrosinica Brazidec & Perrichot, 2025

References

↑ "Genus Trichopria". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
↑ "IRMNG - Trichopria Ashmead, 1893". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
↑ Hougardy, Evelyne; Hogg, Brian N; Wang, Xingeng; Daane, Kent M (2022-12-16). "Discrimination Abilities and Parasitism Success of Pupal Parasitoids Towards Spotted-Wing Drosophila Pupae Previously Parasitized by the Larval Parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)" (PDF). Environmental Entomology. 51 (6): 1106–1112. doi:10.1093/ee/nvac083. ISSN 0046-225X. Retrieved 2025-10-02.

[bugguide-1] "Genus Trichopria". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[2] "IRMNG - Trichopria Ashmead, 1893". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2025-04-05.

[m353-3] Hougardy, Evelyne; Hogg, Brian N; Wang, Xingeng; Daane, Kent M (2022-12-16). "Discrimination Abilities and Parasitism Success of Pupal Parasitoids Towards Spotted-Wing Drosophila Pupae Previously Parasitized by the Larval Parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)" (PDF). Environmental Entomology. 51 (6): 1106–1112. doi:10.1093/ee/nvac083. ISSN 0046-225X. Retrieved 2025-10-02.