Character Details

Character

Ovipositor stylet shape [128]

Description

Expanded stylets (state 1) can have various shapes from scimitar-like, e.g. Jambiya (Perilampidae) to subapically expanded, e.g. Orasema (Eucharitidae). Citations: Heraty (1994: 42; 2002: 95).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Archaeoteleia mellea, Belyta sp., Notaspidium giganteum Halstead, 1991, Spalangia_nigroaenea_D2346, Neapterolelaps male (toggle remainder)
0: needlelike
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1.Nasonia vitripennis
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea (toggle remainder)
1: expanded
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1.Orasema
 
notes: Eucharitidae, Jambaya
coded examples: Kapala floridana (Ashmead, 1885), Akapala rudis (Westwood, 1874), Gollumiella longipetiolata Hedqvist, 1978, Indosema indica Husain & Agarwal, 1983, Orasema simulatrix Gahan, 1940 (toggle remainder)