Dusona_spp_Shape of epicnemial and transverse carinae

<p><strong>Figure 4</strong><strong>.</strong> Shape of epicnemial and transverse carinae. <strong>a.</strong> ventral part of the epicnemial carina merging with the pleural part, both carinae low, transverse carina indistinct (<em>D. bicoloripes</em>). <strong>b.</strong> ventral part of the epicnemial carina distinctly raised, merging the transverse carina, pleural part of the epicnemial carina low and dorsally obliterated (<em>D. tenuis</em>). <strong>c.</strong> ventral part of the epicnemial carina only slightly raised, merging with the pleural part or the transverse carina, pleural part of the epicnemial carina dorsally complete and merging with anterior edge of the mesopleuron (<em>D. xenocampta</em>). <strong>d.</strong> ventral part of the epicnemial carina slightly raised, merging with the transverse carina, pleural part of the epicnemial carina completely obliterated (<em>D. juvenilis</em>). 1 = ventral part of the epicnemial carina. 2 = pleural part of the epicnemial carina. 3 = transverse carina. 4 = hind corner of the pronotum. Scale bars indicate 0.5 mm.</p> <p>Publication: Open Access in a taxonomic sense: a morphological and molecular guide to Western Palearctic Dusona (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)</p>