''Trisecodes'' is a genus of parasitic

chalcid wasp Chalcid wasps (, , for their metallic colour) are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera. The superfamily contains some 22,500 known species, and an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, me ...

s of the family

Systasidae Systasidae is a family (biology), family of Chalcid wasp, chalcidoid wasps. In 2022, this family was described based on an analysis of a combination of molecular, morphological, and life history data. Description Small (body length 0.6–3.0&nbs ...

. The genus was originally placed in Eulophidae, based on a number of morphological features, but molecular evidence suggests that the genus is more closely related to '' Systasis'' and '' Semiotellus''. The type species (''Trisecodes agromyzae'') is a parasitoid of a range of Agromyzid leaf-mining flies. There are two known species: *''Trisecodes agromyzae'' from Belize,

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and

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; and *''Trisecodes africanum'' from Cameroon,

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and Uganda.

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.

References

Hymenoptera genera {{Eulophidae-stub