Character Details

Character

Indication of pronotal collar [37]

Description

This is difficult to code for male and some female Eupelminae (Eupelmidae) where medially the pronotum is a continuous surface in a single plane. Depending on the orientation of the pronotum in any single specimen the collar can be vertical and not distinctly visible in dorsal view or more horizontal and then visible. However, some male and most female eupelmines have a more distinctly differentiated collar laterally where you can see a definite change in curvature to the neck (state 1). For male eupelmines that have the pronotum medially almost vertical, these were coded as state 0 because mesally there is no collar distinct from the collum. Citations: Delvare (1992: 26, 27); Gibson (1995: 15); Krogmann & Vilhelmsen (2006: 2); Lotfalizadeh et al. (2007: 75, 76); Burks et al. (2011: 12).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: none coded
0: collar not indicated mesally, not distinct from collum/neck region (absent)
7943_mximage
1.Coccophagus rusti
 
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Coccobius fulvus, Gonatocerus ashmeadi (toggle remainder)
1: collar indicated by dorsal curvature, but not delimited by any particular feature
7942_mximage
1.Brachyelatus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Eurytoma gigantea, Australomymar sp. Chile, Asaphes sp., Cheiloneurus flaccus (toggle remainder)
2: collar delimited by a carina, edge, groove, or elevation in sculpture
7939_mximage
1.Jambiya vanharteni
7940_mximage
2. Nasonia v...
7941_mximage
3. Playaspalangia rothi...
 
notes:
coded examples: Nasonia vitripennis, Perilampus tristis, Archaeoteleia mellea, Mymar_regale, Chrysolampus schwarzi Crawford, 1914 (toggle remainder)