Character Details

Character

Mesotarsal peg pattern [113]

Description

This character was first proposed by Gibson (1989) in an attempt to describe the different mesotarsal peg patterns of various “jumping” chalcidoids (states 1–5) relative to most chalcidoids (state 0) that do not have a modified mesotarsus. State 5 was constructed to apply to those Encyrtidae in which the pegs are in complex patterns but not aligned as a row along either edge of the basitarsus. Citation: Gibson (1989: 5; 1995: 37).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: amber_UCRC_ENT00237974, UCRC_ENT_00237862, UCRC_ENT_00237863, UCRC_ENT_00237864, Tanaostigmatidae_FrenchAmber_12407 (toggle remainder)
0: mesotarsus without pegs, with only rows of setae along both antero- and posteroventral edges
7755_mximage
1.Nasonia vitripennis
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea, Coccobius fulvus (toggle remainder)
1: mesotarsus with row of pegs along posteroventral edge and row of setae along anteroventral edge
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1.Protanaostigma
 
notes:
coded examples: Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, 1980, Eusandalum cyaneum (Ashmead) , Tanaostigmodes howardii Ashmead, 1896, Samariola camerounensis Hayat, 1983, Protanaostigma_D2038 (toggle remainder)
2: mesotarsus with row of pegs along anteroventral edge, and row of setae along posteroventral edge
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1.Savzdargia hofferri
 
notes:
coded examples: Lambdobregma Gibson, 1989, Metapelma spectabile Westwood, 1835, Neanastatus Girault, 1913, Savzdargia hofferi (Pilipyuk, 1974)
3: mesotarsus with row of pegs along anteroventral edge and mixed row of setae and pegs along posteroventral edge
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1.Cynipencyrtus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cynipencyrtus flavus Ishii, 1928
4: mesotarsus with row of pegs along both antero- and posteroventral edges
7374_mximage
1.Brasema
 
notes:
coded examples: Balcha indica Mani & Kaul, 1973, Calosota metallica (Gahan, 1922), Licrooides Gibson, 1989, Eupelmus urozonus Dalman, 1820, Anastatus floridanus Roth & Willis, 1954 (toggle remainder)
5: mesotarsus with irregular pattern of pegs
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1.Anagyrus pseudococci
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2.Trechnites
 
notes:
coded examples: Coccophagus rusti, Cheiloneurus flaccus, Anagyrus pseudococci (Girault, 1915), Cheiloneurus_fulvescens, Trechnites fuscitarsis (toggle remainder)