Character Details

Character

Number of metafurcal pits [67]

Description

A median metafurcal pit can be difficult to observe in some taxa (e.g., Cleonymus) , Pteromalidae) and metafurcal pits can sometimes be entirely absent (e.g., Mymarommatidae). Citations: Krogmann & Vilhelmsen (2006: 120); Lotfalizadeh et al. (2007: 120).

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: single median pit
7240_mximage
1.Cleonymus
7241_mximage
2.Perilampus tristis
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cirrospilus coachellae, Foersterella reptans, Acanthochalcis_nigricans, Megastigmus transvaalensis (toggle remainder)
1: lateral (paired) pits
7243_mximage
1.Eurytoma gigantea
7242_mximage
2.Eunotus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Eurytoma gigantea, Coccobius fulvus, Gonatocerus ashmeadi (toggle remainder)