Character Details

Character

Stigma of fore wing [87]

Description

The stigma is a variably enlarged differentiated apical region of the stigma. Citations: Darling (1983: 6, 7); LaSalle (1987: 15); Polaszek & Hayat (1992: 21); Gates (2008: 28).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Chiloe micropteron, Pseudochalcura gibbosa (Provancher, 1881), Neapterolelaps female, Tetrapus costaricanus Grandi, 1925, Pseudometagea schwarzii (Ashmead, 1892) (toggle remainder)
0: absent (not differentiated from stigmal vein)
notes:
coded examples: Mymaromma, Eucharis adscendens (Fabricius, 1787), Dirhinus caerulea (Cameron, 1884), Epitranus impulsator Walker, 1862, Epitranus inops Steffan, 1957 (toggle remainder)
1: less than twice length of stigmal vein basal to stigma
7887_mximage
1.Nasonia vitripennis
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea (toggle remainder)
2: enlarged, greater than or equal to 2X length of stigmal vein basal to stigma
7886_mximage
1. Megastigmus transvaalensis...
 
notes: Megastigminae
coded examples: Megastigmus transvaalensis, Kapala floridana (Ashmead, 1885), Bootanelleus deleteme , Pseudocatolaccus nitescens (Walker, 1834), Gastrancistrus_D730 (toggle remainder)