DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15157550
title: Table 3 in Uncovering hidden diversity: phylogeny and taxonomy of Physoderinae (Reduviidae, Heteroptera), with emphasis on Physoderes Westwood in the Oriental and Australasian regions

description: Table 3. List of characters and their states.
Char. no.Character description012States 34560Overall body sizevery smallsmallmediumlarge1Short, fine adpressed setae on bodyabsentpresent2Curved setigerous tubercles on bodyabsentpresent, shortpresent, long3Head shapeconicalelongate conicalangular conicalovoidcuboid4Labrum shape in anteriad viewshort triangularelongate triangular5Clypeus length in dorsal viewshortextended6Clypeus apex in lateral viewroundedsubacute7Maxillary plate apex shaperoundedtruncate8Length of scapusextends beyond clypeusshorter than clypeusequal in length to clypeus9Pedicellar trichobothria socket membranous areaabsentpresent10Head vertex shapeconvexstrongly convexalmost flat11Size of eyes relative to head in dorsal viewsmalllargevery large12Eye shape in dorsal viewhemisphericaldistinctly projectingnot projecting13Eye ventral margin to head ventral marginnot reachingreachingsurpassing14Ocellusobsoletepresent15Shape of postocular lobeglobularroundedangular16Pair of straight, long setae at posterior margin of postocular lobeabsentpresentpresent, position differentpresent, setigerous tubercles17Height of anteocular lobe in lateral viewlower than postocularlevel with postocularhigher than postocular18Length of second visible labial segmentmore than twice that of first segmentshorter than first segmentequal to first segmentslightly longer than first segment19Curvature of second visible labial segmentstraightcurved20Head ventrally with row of stout setigerous tuberclesabsentpresent21Shape of antero-lateral pronotal projectionsobsoletetruncateacuteacute, diverging22Dorsal surface of anterior pronotal lobesmoothtuberculated23Median pronotal depression contiguous with transverse sulcusabsentpresent24Males with distinctly inflated anterior pronotal lobe wider than posterior pronotal lobenarrower thanequal towider than25Carinae bridging anterior and posterior pronotal lobesobsoleteslightly carinateddeeply carinated26Shape of parascutellar lobesobsoletesemicirculartriangularbell-shaped, skewed towards medianregular rounded lobeskewed quadrant towards medianregular lobe, skewed towards median27Length of scutellar processshortlong28Scutellum shaperounded triangularhemispherical29Mesosternite with irregular tuberculated protrusion between fore and mid coxaeabsentpresent30Ventral antero-lateral angles, adjacent to stridulitrumabsentpresent31Abdominal shape in dorsal viewelongateelongate ovoidovoid32Shape of abdominal terminal tergite marginroundedstraightwith triangular lobesundulatingnotched medially33Body shape in lateral viewdistinctly flattenedslightly flattenednot flattened34Position of last two abdominal spiraclesalong sternite marginalong connexival margin35Wing formmacropterousbrachypterousapterous36Hemelytron distance to tip of abdomennot reachingreachingsurpassing37Fore femur shapeslenderslightly incrassatedistinctly incrassate38Fore femur armature (spines)absentpresent39Fore femur armature (stout setigerous tubercles)absentpresent40Fore tibia armatureabsentrow of setigerous tubercles presentfew setigerous tubercles present41Number of tarsal segmentsthreetwo42Shape of anterior margin of abdominal sclerite 8smoothundulatingsharp emarginate43Width of transverse bridge of pygophorenarrowbroad44Rim of anterior opening of pygophore in lateral viewroundedangular45Presence of lateral flap-like prolongations of phallosomaabsentpresent46Shape of lateral flap-like prolongations of phallosomaplate-likeband-like47Arrangement of arms of basal plateconvergingparallelrounded48Ductifer with sclerotized ringabsentpresent49Shape of ductifer sclerotized ringroundedangularelongate
description: Published as part of Hwang, Wei Song & Weirauch, Christiane, 2017, Uncovering hidden diversity: phylogeny and taxonomy of Physoderinae (Reduviidae, Heteroptera), with emphasis on Physoderes Westwood in the Oriental and Australasian regions, pp. 11-13 in European Journal of Taxonomy 341 on page 11, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.341, http://zenodo.org/record/3832798