Author, year, journal with original description

Hansson, C., 1998, Proceedings of the Entomological Society in Washington, 100:689-691

Type species

Tropicharis cecivora Hansson (holotype female in Texas A&M University, College Station, U.S.A.)

Synonym names

None

Diagnosis

Antennal scrobes indistinct, join far below frontal suture; clypeus semicircular, delimited by distinct groove; pronotum reduced, hardly visible in dorsal view; supracoxal flange enlarged and membranous, dorsobasal part of hind coxa with a smooth area to fit the enlarged supracoxal flange; postmarginal vein long, 2.7-4.2X as long as stigmal vein; male genitalia with volsellar setae missing, parameres extended with a single seta at apex

Number of species

One

Distribution

Neotropical region: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela

Biology

Parasitoid on unidentified gall-midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on an extensive range of plants (see Hansson, C. 2004, Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 75:295, for complete list of plants)

Literature

Hansson, C. 2004. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 2, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 75:1-535 (Tropicharis is treated on page 295)