Character Details

Character

Apical margin of the protibia [104]

Description

The apical margin of the protibia of some chalcidoids, particularly those associated with galls or parasitoids of woodboring beetles, often have one (state 1) or more (state 2) stout, socketed spines or spurs, or the margin projects into a denticle but is not socketed (state 3). Citations: Gibson (1989: 18); Wijesekara (1997: 23).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Anagyrus pseudococci (Girault, 1915), amber_UCRC_ENT00237974, UCRC_ENT_00237862, Pteromalidae_FushunAmber_10004, Pteromalidae_IndianAmber_STB004T12 (toggle remainder)
0: without horizontally directed stout spur or elongation
7323_mximage
1.Nasonia giraulti
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea (toggle remainder)
1: with horizontally directed socketed spur
7321_mximage
1. Acanthochalcis nigricans...
 
notes:
coded examples: Australomymar sp. Chile, Acanthochalcis_nigricans, Doddifoenus wallacei, Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, 1980, Cratocentrus decoratus (Klug, 1834) (toggle remainder)
2: with two or more socketed spurs
7947_mximage
1.Epistenia
 
notes:
coded examples: Leptofoenus stephanoides (Roman, 1920), Balcha indica Mani & Kaul, 1973, Eusandalum cyaneum (Ashmead) , Licrooides Gibson, 1989, Anastatus floridanus Roth & Willis, 1954 (toggle remainder)
3: without socketed spur but distinctly expanded giving the appearance of a spur
7950_mximage
1.Trigonura californica
 
notes:
coded examples: Litus_cynipseus, Akapala rudis (Westwood, 1874), Cynipencyrtus flavus Ishii, 1928, Stypiura dentipes (Fabricius 1804), Leucospis affinis Say, 1824 (toggle remainder)