Revision of North American Trichogramma (Hymenoptera)

赤眼蜂属的黄蜂是寄生在 其他昆虫，并且是用于 生物防治 尽管它们作为控制剂很受欢迎， 北美赤眼蜂的系统分类是 基本的，阻碍了他们最有效的使用。 该项目将提供持续的资金，以确定 物种定义、物种多样性、地理和宿主 分布、生境关联和种内特征 北美赤眼蜂约50种 物种 这项研究将导致详细的物种 处理;种检索表;形态学，寄主， 分布和生殖数据;以及系统发育 属的分类。

Wasps of the genus Trichogramma are parasites of the eggs of other insects and are among the most widely used agents for biological control. Despite their popularity as control agents, the systematics of the North American species of Trichogramma is rudimentary, hampering their most efficient use. This project will provide continuing funding to determine species definitions, species diversity, geographic and host distributions, habitat associations and within-species character variation of approximately 50 North American Trichogramma species. The research will result in detailed species treatments; a key to species; a summary of morphological, host, distribution, and reproductive data; and a phylogenetic classification of the genus.