Character Details

Character

Development of notauli [48]

Description

The notauli are external represenations of the internal notaular ridges that are found in all taxa whether the notauli are present or not . Traces of notauli are evident anteriorly on the mesoscutum in different genera of Neanastatinae (Eupelmidae) depending on position of the pronotum over the mesoscutum; otherwise, the dorsal surface of the mesoscutum is flat and they were therefore coded as having state 2 (cf. Gibson, 2009a). Female Eupelminae were scored as having notauli based on the furrows that separate the anteroadmedian triangular part of the mesoscutum from the lateral lobes extending to the spiracles (Fig. 4k), which indicates they are homologous with notauli. Citations: Darling (1983: 18); LaSalle (1987: 11); Woolley (1988: 8); Gibson (1989: 7; 2003: 19); Schauff (1991: 14); Delvare (1992: 31); Heraty (1994: 23; 2002: 42); Noyes & Hayat (1994: 34); Wijesekara (1997: 11); Krogmann & Vilhelmsen (2006: 33); Lotfalizadeh et al. (2007: 80); Gates (2008: 26); Burks et al. (2011: 14).

States

-: unassigned
notes:
coded examples: nr_Microlycus_BalticAmber, Tanaostigmatidae_FrenchAmber_12407
0: present and extending length of mesoscutum
7144_mximage
1.Anselmella
24468_mximage
2.Orasema
 
notes:
coded examples: Cales noacki Howard, 1907, Coccophagus rusti, Cirrospilus coachellae, Eurytoma gigantea, Coccobius fulvus (toggle remainder)
1: present, but not extending posteriorly completely to transscutal articulation
7145_mximage
1. Nasonia vitripen...
 
notes:
coded examples: Cleonymus Latreille, 1809, Nasonia vitripennis, Cheiloneurus flaccus, Chiloe micropteron, Tanaostigmodes howardii (toggle remainder)
2: no indication of notauli
7146_mximage
1. Cheiloneurus flaccus...
24471_mximage
2. Gollumiella...
 
notes:
coded examples: Mymaromma, Indosema indica Husain & Agarwal, 1983, Aperilampus sp. Madagascar, Thysanus ater Walker, 1840, Lambdobregma Gibson, 1989 (toggle remainder)