Chalcidoidea Morphology Matrix

Character

Setal pattern of propodeal disc [127]

Description

The propodeum is divided into a median propodeal disc, sometimes called the propodeal plical region if delineated by plical carinae, and a region lateral to the spiracles, the “propodeal callus” (Graham, 1969). Although the propodeal callus often has setae, this is much less common for the disc. Lambdobregma schwarzii (Eupelmidae) has setae on the propodeal disc that did not match exactly any of the states, but probably is closest to state 1 since most setae are more or less directed to the midline and the disc is not evenly setose. This is a species-specific rather than generic feature for Lambdobregma. Citations: Noyes & Hayat (1994: 56, 57); Gibson (2003: 33, 34, 35); Krogmann & Vilhelmsen (2006: 146); Lotfalizadeh et al. (2007: 117); Burks et al. (2011: 24).

States

-: unassigned

notes:

coded examples: amber_UCRC_ENT00237974, Phtuaria fimbriae UCRCENT00237978 , Chalcididae_FrenchAmber_PA361, Chartocerus_azizae_AMNH_Baltic_Amber

0: bare

1.Nasonia vitripennis

notes:

coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea (toggle remainder)

1: setose, with setae on each side directed toward midline

1.Epiclerus

notes: some Tetracampidae and Pteromalidae

coded examples: Foersterella reptans, Conura xanthostigma (Dalman, 1820), Lambdobregma Gibson, 1989, Savzdargia hofferi (Pilipyuk, 1974), Epiclerus temenus (Walker, 1839) (toggle remainder)

2: evenly setose or pilose

1. Acanthochalcis nigricans... ↴

notes:

coded examples: Belyta sp., Akapala rudis (Westwood, 1874), Cratocentrus decoratus (Klug, 1834), Leucospis affinis Say, 1824, Smicromorpha doddi Girault, 1913 (toggle remainder)

3: with a few setae directed laterally

1.Herbertia

notes:

coded examples: Herbertia_D1981, Agamerion_cleptideum_D1016, Austrophotismus_daicles, Sycophila_texana, Systole albipennis Walker, 1832 (toggle remainder)