Character Details

Character

Left mandible dentition [28]

Description

The left mandible is the one on the left side of the specimen. Some taxa have a small accessory tooth at various positions on the mandible. This is not considered to be a true tooth if there is no associated internal rod (cf. fig. 15, Ronquist, 1989). Mandibles are rarely completely missing, as in Indosema (Eucharitidae). Citations: Schauff (1984: 14); Woolley (1988: 1); Heraty (2002: 15); Kim & Heraty (2012: 11).

States

-: inapplicable (no mandible)
notes:
coded examples: Tanaostigmodes howardii, UCRC_ENT_00237975, amber_UCRC_ENT00237974, Centrodora_brevispinae_UCRC_ENT_00237973, UCRC_ENT_00237976 (toggle remainder)
0: not forming any recognizable tooth
notes:
coded examples: Doddifoenus wallacei, Erythmelus_rosascostai, Indosema indica Husain & Agarwal, 1983, Euplectrus Westwood, 1832
1: code for actual number of teeth
notes:
coded examples: Belyta sp., Timioderus acuminatus Heraty, 1994, Samariola camerounensis Hayat, 1983, Tetrapus costaricanus Grandi, 1925, Pleistodontes blandus Wiebes, 1963 (toggle remainder)
2: code for actual number of teeth
7072_mximage
1.Psilocharis afra
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Coccophagus rusti, Coccobius fulvus, Foersterella reptans, Acanthochalcis_nigricans (toggle remainder)
3: code for actual number of teeth
notes:
coded examples: Eurytoma gigantea, Gonatocerus ashmeadi, Australomymar sp. Chile, Nasonia vitripennis, Megastigmus transvaalensis (toggle remainder)
4: code for actual number of teeth
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Stethynium_ophelimi, Polstonia pelagocorypha Heydon, 1988, Rileya pallidipes (Ashmead, 1884), Propalachia Boucek, 1978 (toggle remainder)
5: code for actual number of teeth
notes:
coded examples: Eubroncus_D1593
6: code for actual number of teeth
notes:
coded examples: none coded
7: many tiny denticles
notes:
coded examples: Leptofoenus westwoodi (Ashmead, 1895)