Beyond the wasp-waist: structural diversity and phylogenetic significance of the mesosoma in apocritan wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera).
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| Authors: | Vilhelmsen L, Istvan M, and Krogmann L |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Journal: | Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 159, 22-194. With 70 figures |
| Title: | Beyond the wasp-waist: structural diversity and phylogenetic significance of the mesosoma in apocritan wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera). |
| Abstract: | The monophyly of Trigonaloidea is strongly supported, putative autapomorphies being: (1) having a row of small foveolae impressed posteriorly on the mesoscutellum (character 80 : 1); (2) presence of a supramesopleural sclerite (character 101 : 1); (3) presence of an oblique mesopleural ridge (character 114 : 1); (4 + 5) absence of the anterior paracoxal sulcus and presence of the posterior paracoxal sulcus ventrally on the metapleuron (characters 156 : 0; 157 : 1); (6) presence of tarsal plantulae (character 177 : 1; this is a reversal); (7) presence of a cuticular flap lateral to the propodeal spiracle (character 190 : 1)." (A beautiful morphological study) |
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