Character Details

Character

Position of metafurcal pits [66]

Description

Coding this character was problematic when the metasternum is greatly reduced and because position of the metafurcal pits varies between the two described states

States

-: inapplicable (absent)
notes:
coded examples: Jambiya vanharteni Heraty & Darling, 2008, Brachymeria tibialis Walker, 1834, Chalcis myrifex (Sulzer, 1776), Melanosmicra variventris (Cameron, 1913), Conura immaculata (Cresson, 1865) (toggle remainder)
0: at anterior margin of metasternum
7238_mximage
1.Eurytoma gigantea
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Eurytoma gigantea, Gonatocerus ashmeadi (toggle remainder)
1: near midlength of metasternum
7239_mximage
1. Cales n...
 
notes: Aphelinidae (excluding Eriaporinae) and Signiphoridae
coded examples: Cirrospilus coachellae, Coccobius fulvus, Foersterella reptans, Mymaromma, Belyta sp. (toggle remainder)