Character Details

Character

Number of stout bristles on lateral lobe of mesoscutum [47]

Description

Coded using the same concept of bristles as used in Character 86. Citation: Kim & Heraty (2012: 22).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: Tanaostigmodes howardii, Thysanus ater Walker, 1840, Clytina_giraudi_Den, Chartocerus_sp1, Signiphora_sp3 (toggle remainder)
0: no stout bristles
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Eurytoma gigantea, Nasonia vitripennis, Acanthochalcis_nigricans, Megastigmus transvaalensis (toggle remainder)
1: 1 bristle
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccobius fulvus, Gonatocerus ashmeadi, Australomymar sp. Chile, Foersterella reptans (toggle remainder)
2: 2 stout bristles
notes:
coded examples: Ormyrulus Boucek, 1986, Encarsia bimaculata Heraty & Polaszek, 2000, Encarsia formosa Gahan, 1924, Ablerus clisiocampae (Ashmead, 1894), Ablerus bharathius (Subba Rao, 1984) (toggle remainder)
3: 3 or more stout bristles
notes:
coded examples: Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, 1980, Eutrichosomella Girault, 1915, Encarsia adusta Schmidt & Naumann, 2001 (toggle remainder)