Character Details

Character

Metacoxal structure [114]

Description

State 1 occurs in Elasmus (Eulophidae) and Euryishia (Aphelinidae: Euryischiinae). An enlarged coxa with a convex outer surface can be separated into states with a flat (state 1) or convex (state 2) inner surface (Gates, 2008). Citations: Wijesekara (1997: 24); Gates (2008: 32).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: none coded
0: not enlarged
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1. Nasonia vitripennis hind leg...
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea (toggle remainder)
1: enlarged and compressed, plate-like
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1.Elasmus polistis
 
notes: Elasminae
coded examples: Belaspidia nigra (Siebold, 1856), Elasmus polistis Burks, 1971, Euryischia Riley, 1889, Euryischomyia Girault, 1914
2: enlarged with flat inner surface
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1.Acanthochalcis nigricans
 
notes:
coded examples: Parasaphodes afer sp nov, Cratocentrus decoratus (Klug, 1834), Stypiura dentipes (Fabricius 1804), Brachymeria tibialis Walker, 1834, Smicromorpha doddi Girault, 1913 (toggle remainder)
3: enlarged with convex inner surface
notes:
coded examples: Acanthochalcis_nigricans, Systolomorpha_D1436, Chalcis myrifex (Sulzer, 1776), Melanosmicra variventris (Cameron, 1913), Conura immaculata (Cresson, 1865) (toggle remainder)