Character Details

Character

Shape of cercus [123]

Description

In state 0, the cercus is cylindrical with all setae essentially apical. In state 1, the cercus is irregularly projecting with setae scattered along its length, and only a few at the extreme apex. In state 2, the cercus is flattened, button-like rather than projecting. It is difficult to code some taxa because state 1 and state 2 are variants of similar structure.

States

-: inapplicable (cerci absent)
notes:
coded examples: Kapala floridana (Ashmead, 1885), Sycoscapter Saunders, 1883, Philomides Haliday, 1862, UCRC_ENT_00237975, amber_UCRC_ENT305755 (toggle remainder)
0: digitiform (peg-like and cylindrical) with setae apical
7803_mximage
1.Megastigmus transvaalensis
6851_mximage
2.Chromeurytoma
 
notes:
coded examples: Megastigmus transvaalensis, Chromeurytoma sp., Brachyelatus sp , Parasaphodes afer sp nov, Neolosbanus palgravei (Girault, 1922) (toggle remainder)
1: projecting, but not forming a cylindrical peg and with setae scattered
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1.Asaphes
 
notes: this is like the "flattened" state in that some setae are arising from at or near the base of the cercus, but the cercus is actually projecting. It differs from state 0, where the setae are all apical.
coded examples: Cirrospilus coachellae, Australomymar sp. Chile, Foersterella reptans, Asaphes sp., Moranila californica (toggle remainder)
2: flattened (button-like)
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1.Cleonymus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Eurytoma gigantea, Coccobius fulvus (toggle remainder)