Definitions For Glossary Terms
- INCOMPLETE NOTAULUS
- Notaulus that is visible anteriorly on
the mesoscutum but which does not extend posteriorly to the transscutal articulation.
- INNER ORBIT
- Synonymous with 'inner margin of the eye' for most chalcids, but in
Mymaridae the narrow region of the head between the inner margin of the eye and
the preorbital suture. [photo]
- INNER PLATE OF OVIPOSITOR
- The elongate portion of the second
valvifer beyond the semicircular
sheet, which surrounds the ovipositor stylets and is terminated by the apically projecting ovipositor sheaths . [drawing]
- INTERANTENNAL AREA
- Region of the upper face between the scrobes, sometimes called the interantennal
prominence, projection or crest because it is convex, ridged, or even lobed. [drawing][photo]
- INTERANTENNAL CREST
See interantennal area
- INTERANTENNAL PROMINENCE
See
interantennal area
- INTERMALAR DISTANCE
- Maximum distance between the mouth corners, that is, the breadth of the mouth cavity.
- INTERORBITAL DISTANCE
- Distance between the inner margins of the eyes; usually the minimum distance
but sometimes otherwise defined.
- INTERRUPTED LINEA CALVA
- A linea calva that has one or more
setae on the dorsal surface of the wing at some intermediate point within the
bare band (see also closed linea
calva and open linea calva). [drawing]
- INTERVOLSELLAR BRIDGE
- Ventral surface of the phallobase
between the base of the volsellae, including
the intervolsellar process. [drawing]
- INTERVOLSELLAR PROCESS
- Ventromedian projection of the phallobase that extends posteriorly between
the volsellae of the male genital capsule, and which is continuous
anteriorly with the ventral ridge. [drawing][photo]