Character Details

Character

Position of ventral margin of toruli relative to oral cavity [24]

Description

The toruli vary greatly in their position throughout Chalcidoidea, from near the vertex (some Pteromalinae) to lobes near the mouth (Pteromalidae: Spalangiinae). Citation: Delvare (1992: 16).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: UCRC_ENT_00237975, Pteromalidae_FushunAmber_10004
0: ventral margin of torulus near middle of head or higher
6994_mximage
1.Eurytoma cressoni
 
notes:
coded examples: Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea, Gonatocerus ashmeadi, Australomymar sp. Chile, Nasonia vitripennis (toggle remainder)
1: ventral margin of torulus in lower third of face or adjacent to clypeus
6995_mximage
1.Coccobius fulvus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Coccobius fulvus, Foersterella reptans (toggle remainder)
2: toruli located on lobes below main body of face
6996_mximage
1.Spalangia
 
notes:
coded examples: Spalangia_endius_D028