Dusona_spp_Separation of third laterotergite

<p><strong>Figure 8</strong><strong>. </strong>Separation of third laterotergite. <strong>a.</strong> laterotergite completely fused with the tergite, its ventral edge thin and curved (<em>D. sobolicida</em>). <strong>b - f.</strong> laterotergite folded in anteriorly, separated from the tergite by a crease. <strong>b.</strong> <em>D. pugillator</em>; <strong>c.</strong> <em>D. insignita</em>; <strong>d.</strong> <em>D. stragifex</em>; <strong>e.</strong> <em>D. nidulator</em>; <strong>f.</strong> <em>D. leptogaster</em>. Blue bars indicate the lateral length of the third tergite. Green bars indicate the length of the crease separating the laterotergite from the tergite. Epipleural index = length of the crease / lateral length of the tergite. Scale bars indicate 0.5 mm.</p> <p>Publication: Open Access in a taxonomic sense: a morphological and molecular guide to Western Palearctic <em>Dusona </em>(Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)</p>