Character Details

Character

Pronotum posteroventrally [41]

Description

In some smaller-bodied species, the pronotum can extend ventrally across the prepectus to contact the mesepisternum. This state was not found to be dependent on body flexure. Citation: Kim & Heraty (2012: 20).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Mymaromma, Archaeoteleia mellea, Belyta sp., Protaphelinus nikolskajae (Yasnosh, 1963), Rotoita basalis Boucek & Noyes, 1987 (toggle remainder)
0: not overlapping prepectus
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1.Eunotus
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea, Coccobius fulvus (toggle remainder)
1: overlapping prepectus, reaching mesepisternum and completely covering ventro-lateral aspect of prepectus
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1.Cales noacki
 
notes: Known in Aphelinus. Pronotum obscuring ventrolateral region of prepectus
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Anaphes_D2564, Parasaphodes afer sp nov, Jambiya vanharteni Heraty & Darling, 2008, Scutellista caerulea (toggle remainder)