Chalcidoidea Morphology Matrix

Character

Number of flagellomeres between F1 and clava (= funicular segments) in female [8]

Description

The funicle in Chalcidoidea is typically defined as the number of segments between the anellus (F1) and the clava. In Eucharitini, some Mymaridae and Aphelininae, F1 is absent, and the count is between the pedicel and clava. The funicle is usually 3 or 4 segmented in taxa with reduced antennal segments, and 7 or 8 segmented in those with a fuller complement. Species of some taxa (Aditrochus, Espinosa, Orasema) do not have a fused clava and can have as many as 9 segments between the anellus and terminal segment (F13). Only Eucharissa (Eucharitidae) can have more (coded herein as the maximum of 9). Anelliform flagellomeres beyond F1 are considered as funicular segments, and therefore Nasonia vitripennis has 7 funicular segments in females under our interpretation (not the traditional count of 6). In Coccobius, the count may be either 3 (probable) or 4 depending on the interpretation of having 1 or 2 fused anelli. The larger number of funicular segments (7) is presumed to be plesiomorphic (Bouček and Heydon, 1997). Citations: Schauff (1984: 4); Noyes & Hayat (1994: 19); Woolley (1988: 6); Heraty (1994: 5; 2002: 25); Gibson (2003: 14); Lotfalizadeh et al. (2007: 59); Kim & Heraty (2012: 2).

States

-: unassigned

notes:

coded examples: Neapterolelaps male, Erimerus wickhami Ashmead, 1904, amber_UCRC_ENT305755, UCRC_ENT_305754, UCRC_ENT_305748 (toggle remainder)

0: 0

notes:

coded examples: none coded

1: 1

notes:

coded examples: Haeckeliania_sperata, Oligosita_sanguinea_species_group, Eretmocerus eremicus Rose & Zolnerowich, 1997, Eretmocerus mundus Mercet, 1931, Chartocerus kartiniae

2: 2

1.Cirrospilus coachellae

notes:

coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Cirrospilus coachellae, Thysanus sp., Euderomphale chelidonii Erdos, 1966, Dasyomphale_chilensis_D2189 (toggle remainder)

3: 3

notes:

coded examples: Coccophagus rusti, Coccobius fulvus, Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, 1980, Thysanus ater Walker, 1840, Eutrichosomella Girault, 1915 (toggle remainder)

4: 4

1.Eunotus

notes:

coded examples: Eunotus sp., Idioporus affinis, Encarsia adusta Schmidt & Naumann, 2001, Melittobia acasta (Walker, 1839), Elasmus polistis Burks, 1971 (toggle remainder)

5: 5

1.Moranila

notes:

coded examples: Australomymar sp. Chile, Acmopolynema varium, Chiloe micropteron, Chromeurytoma sp., Moranila californica (toggle remainder)

6: 6

1.Asaphes

notes:

coded examples: Eurytoma gigantea, Foersterella reptans, Mymaromma, Cheiloneurus flaccus, Cynipencyrtus flavus Ishii, 1928 (toggle remainder)

7: 7

1.Psilocharis

notes:

coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Gonatocerus ashmeadi, Nasonia vitripennis, Acanthochalcis_nigricans, Megastigmus transvaalensis (toggle remainder)

8: 8

notes:

coded examples: Eucharis adscendens (Fabricius, 1787), Pseudidarnes minerva Girault, 1927, Anidarnes bicolor (Ashmead, 1900), Sycophaga cyclostigma Waterston, 1916, Apocryptophagus gigas (Mayr, 1906) (toggle remainder)

9: 9

notes:

coded examples: Ancylotropus cariniscutis Cameron, 1909, Espinosa_nothofagi, Aditrochus_cohiuensis, Philomidine_New_Genus_D0903, Concensus OTU for matrix #{self.name}