Hey, i am working as a lab-assistant and got a huge pile of samples from the field with Trichogramma species inside. Does anyone know of some published keys to determine Trichogramma to species level (most for all T. evanescens and T. cacociae)?
Hi Martin,
I don't know if this will help you: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40218224_Identification_and_evaluation_of_Trichogramma_parasitoids_for_biological_pest_control
Maybe it's a hint...
All the best, Nadine
Article Identification and evaluation of Trichogramma parasitoids fo...
John Pinto is the world's expert on Trichogramma systematics, but he is now retired. His publications are listed in his website at: http://www.facultydirectory.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/pub/public_individual.pl?faculty=611 . I am a taxonomist by training, but this is one of the toughest groups out there due to the small size and difficulty separating species.
I published a book to determine the European Trichogramma species : 2008, ILV-Edition, Cergy-Pontoise (France), 95 pp.
Trichogramma species are very difficult to differentiate without using PCR (indeed this is how I plan to do it)
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/research-curation/projects/chalcidoids/pdf_Y/LiSh2002c.pdf (for example)
Good luck! :)
Its2 tests can help you, check this:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12293/abstract
Kishani Farahani, H., Ashouri, A., Goldansaz, S. H., Farrokhi, S., Ainouche, A. and van Baaren, J. (2015), Does Wolbachia infection affect decision-making in a parasitic wasp?. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 155: 102–116. doi: 10.1111/eea.12293
I think you can check Dr. Ebrahim Ebarahimi's publications
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ebrahim_Ebrahimi5
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