Illustrations for Positional and Morphological Terms for Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea)
Introduction
After clicking on one of the major body regions or structures in the
index of morphological terms you will link to a more detailed subdivision
of structures in a second list below. An illustration is shown either as a
[drawing] for a line drawing or as a [photo] for a scanning electron
micrograph (SEM). Click on a highlighted [drawing] or [photo] to look at
the illustration. Click on any blue term on an illustration to look at its
definition, or click on your browser's 'Back' feature to return to the
previously displayed document. Please note that you may have to look at
several illustrations listed for a particular body region in order to
determine whether or not a feature has a name and be aware that
not all morphological terms defined in the glossary are illustrated.
Note: if you select an illustration from the second list below,
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Positional Terms
Morphological Terms
Links to Illustrations of
Morphological Terms
- BODY REGIONS [drawing]
- APPENDAGES
Antenna
- Parts [drawing]
- Sensory structures [drawing/photo]
- Ramus [drawing]
- Forewing
- Venation [drawing]
- Regions [drawing]
- Setal lines [drawing]
- Linea calva [drawing][drawing]
- Mymaridae - setae (chaeta) [drawing]
- Signiphoridae - marginal setae [drawing]
- Trichogrammatidae - setal lines [drawing]
- Leg
- Subdivisions [drawing]
- Fore leg tibia/tarsus spurs and pegs [photo]
- Middle leg tibia/tarsus spurs and pegs [photo]
- Eupelmidae - mesocoxal articulation [photo]
- HEAD
Labiomaxillary
Complex
- Labium [drawing]
- Maxilla [drawing]
- Frontal Head - general
structure
- Major regions [drawing]
- Structures [drawing]
- Vision [drawing]
- Ocellar distances and malar structures [drawing]
- Clypeal margins [drawing]
- Carinae (frontolateral view) [photo]
- Various photographs [photo][photo][photo]
- Postgenal sulcus [photo]
- Frontal Head - specialized
family structure
- Eulophidae - lines [photo][photo]
- Mymaridae - lines/regions [photo]
- Mymaridae - trabeculae/regions [photo]
- Dorsal Head - specialized
family structure
- Mymaridae - regions/lines [photo]
- Posterior Head - general
structure
- Structures [drawing][drawing][photo][photo][photo][photo]
- Labiomaxillary complex [drawing][photo]
- Posterior Head -
specialized family structure
- Mymaridae - lines [photo]
- MESOSOMA
Major
Regions
- Dorsal [drawing]
- Lateral [drawing]
- Ventral Mesosoma
- Mesosoma [photo]
[photo]
- Mesothorax [photo]
[photo]
- Prepectus and sterna [photo]
- Pronotum
- Frontolateral [photo]
- Dorsal [drawing]
- Lateral [photo]
- Mesonotum
- Mesoscutum/scutellum [drawing]
- Scutellum - Mymaridae [photo]
- Regions [drawing]
- Lines/Setae [drawing]
- Transscutal articulation and scutoscutellar suture [drawing]
- Mesonotal flexing mechanism and wing processes [photo]
[photo] [photo]
- Axillary sclerites [photo]
- Various photographs [photo - Pteromalidae][photo - Pteromalidae]
[photo - Eulophidae][photo - Eulophidae]
- Metanotum
- Regions [drawing][photo - Pteromalidae]
- Propodeum
- Regions/carinae [drawing][drawing]
- Various photographs [photo - Pteromalidae][photo - Pteromalidae][photo - Eupelmidae][photo - Mymaridae]
- Lateral Thorax
- Major sclerites/pleurae [drawing][photo]
- Mesopleural regions [photo][drawing]
- Mesopleural sulci [drawing]
- Mesepisternum and mesepimeron [drawing]
- Pronotum and axilla [drawing]
- Spiracles and coxae [drawing]
- Various regions/sulci [photo][photo][photo][photo]
- Acropleuron [photo
]
- METASOMA
Female
Metasoma
- Major regions [drawing]
- General sclerites [drawing]
- Encyrtidae - sclerites [drawing]
- General apical region [drawing]
- Extreme apex, various photographs [photo - anal
filament][photo - Eupelmidae,
anal sclerite]
- Epipygium [drawing - Torymidae,
epipygium]
- Female Genitalia
- Lateral View [drawing]
- Cross-sectional View [drawing]
[drawing]
- Male Genitalia
- Structure [drawing][drawing]
- Major regions, ventral view [photo][photo]
- Ventral processes [photo]
- Setae [photo][photo]
- Dorsal apex [photo]
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Webpage last updated on 09-Oct-2007