Character Details

Character

Number of setae on tegula [61]

Description

A count of tegula setae was made to determine their phylogenetic value. This proved difficult even on slide mounts and SEM’s, due to curvature of the tegula and specimen breakage.

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Coccobius fulvus, Brachyelatus sp , Colotrechnus ignotus Burks, 1958, Panstenon Walker, 1846, Panstenon oxylus (Walker, 1839) (toggle remainder)
0: 0
notes:
coded examples: Gonatocerus ashmeadi, Mymaromma, Litus_cynipseus, Anagrus_epos, Kapala floridana (Ashmead, 1885) (toggle remainder)
1: 1
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Australomymar sp. Chile, Megastigmus transvaalensis, Acmopolynema varium, Chiloe micropteron (toggle remainder)
2: 2
notes:
coded examples: Cirrospilus coachellae, Foersterella reptans, Asaphes sp., Archaeoteleia mellea, Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, 1980 (toggle remainder)
3: 3
notes:
coded examples: Austrotoxeuma_D0643, Pseudometagea schwarzii (Ashmead, 1892), Habritys brevicornis (Ratzeburg, 1844), Halticoptera dimidiata (Förster, 1841), Homoporus luniger (Nees, 1834) (toggle remainder)
4: 4 or more setae
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Eurytoma gigantea, Nasonia vitripennis, Acanthochalcis_nigricans, Cheiloneurus flaccus (toggle remainder)