Character Details

Character

Size and shape of exposed lateral panel of prepectus [45]

Description

This character chiefly refers to the prepectal condition in most Chalcididae, with reference to other variation observed in similar taxa. In Trichogrammatidae, the prepectus is vertical and short, less than half the length of the tegula, and scored as state 1. Except for male Eupelminae, most eupelmids have a prepectus that is longer than tall, but the measurement sometimes is not clear cut for those taxa in which the prepectus does not extend to the tegula or in eupelmids with the pronotum much narrower than the mesoscutum where the prepectus is substantially curved anteriorly. Citations: Schauff (1984: 60); Wijesekara (1997: 13); Gibson (2003: 28?); Gates (2008: 19); Krogmann & Vilhelmsen (2006: 69); Lotfalizadeh et al. (2007: 89).

States

-: inapplicable (fused to pronotum or absent)
notes:
coded examples: Mymaromma, Chiloe micropteron, Archaeoteleia mellea, Belyta sp., Rotoita basalis Boucek & Noyes, 1987 (toggle remainder)
0: as high or higher than long and more than half length of tegula
6800_mximage
1.Torymus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Coccobius fulvus, Gonatocerus ashmeadi (toggle remainder)
1: longer than high, and more than half length of tegula
6801_mximage
1.Dirhinus giffardii
 
notes:
coded examples: Eurytoma gigantea, Eucharis adscendens (Fabricius, 1787), Scutellista caerulea, Buresium rufum Boucek, 1969, Macrorileya Ashmead, 1900 (toggle remainder)
2: small, less than half tegula length
6802_mximage
1. Acanthochalcis nigricans...
 
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Acanthochalcis_nigricans, Cratocentrus decoratus (Klug, 1834), Stypiura dentipes (Fabricius 1804), Dirhinus giffardii Silvestri, 1913 (toggle remainder)