Character Details

Character

Relation between mesophragma and metasoma [117]

Description

States 1 and 2 occur in Aphelinidae, a few Eulophidae, Mymaridae, and Trichogrammatidae, which have an associated broad propodeal foramen and a petiole that is not constricted. However, this character is not entirely correlated with petiole dimensions because some taxa have a broad, short petiole and do not have the mesophragma extending into the gaster (i.e., Eupelminae).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Centrodora_brevispinae_UCRC_ENT_00237973, Pteromalidae_FrenchAmber_2, Encyrtidae_BalticAmber_LongHypopygium, Pteromalidae_BalticAmber_1077
0: not extending into metasoma (reaching apex of propodeum)
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea, Gonatocerus ashmeadi, Australomymar sp. Chile (toggle remainder)
1: extending into distict petiole, but not through to gaster
notes: see Metaphycus
coded examples: Metaphycus luteolus, Acerophagus flavus Rose, Copidosoma floridanum (Ashmead, 1900), Euryischia Riley, 1889, Euryischomyia Girault, 1914 (toggle remainder)
2: extending through petiole into gaster
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1.Aphelinus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Coccobius fulvus, Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, 1980, Anaphes_D2564 (toggle remainder)