Character Details

Character

Parascutal and axillar carinae [53]

Description

The parascutal carina is formed by the posterolateral margin of the mesoscutum, whereas the axillar carina is the carina that separates the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the axilla. State 1 was proposed as a character of Chalcididae (Wijesekara, 1997), but it also occurs in other taxa such as Encyrtidae, Coccobius, Heimbra and female Eupelmidae. In the latter taxa the meeting of the carinae in a ∩-shape may be associated with a dorsal compression of the mesosoma and therefore not homologous with the condition in Chalcididae. Citations: Wijesekara (1997: 18); Gates (2008: 30).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Cales berryi Mottern and Heraty, 2011, Thysanus_nsp_CostaRica_D5137_AES28, Concensus OTU for matrix #{self.name}, Chartocerus kartiniae, Chartocerus_azizae_AMNH_Baltic_Amber (toggle remainder)
0: not meeting at transscutal articulation, or forming a V-shaped connection
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1.Polstonia pelagocorypha
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2.Acanthochalcis nigricans
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea, Coccobius fulvus (toggle remainder)
1: meeting at transscutal articulation, forming a U-shaped connection
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1.Irichohalticella
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2.Cheiloneurus flaccus
 
notes: Chalcididae
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Cheiloneurus flaccus, Belyta sp., Kapala floridana (Ashmead, 1885), Cynipencyrtus flavus Ishii, 1928 (toggle remainder)