Glossary
Body surface sculpturing terminology is from Harris 1979.
- Areolate. Surface divided into small cells (areolae); each cell bordered by raised carinae.
- Carapace. The rounded metasomal tergite IV of Aleiodes
(Tetrasphaeropyx) species, covering apical tergites.
- Carina. A raised ridge. These ridges may run parallel to each other or they may form a variety of patterns.
- Coriaceous. Leather-like or skin-like; with a pattern of tiny overlapping lobes.
- Costate. With a pattern of parallel carinae.
- Costulate. With a denser pattern of thinner, more delicate carinae than the costate condition.
- Foveolate. Diminutive of "foveate." With a pitted pattern consisting of small, uniform depressions such that the areas between depressions are not wider than the depressions, as in the punctate condition; nor are depressions surrounded by carinae, as in the areolate condition.
- Lateral mesoscutal lobes. Lobes of mesoscutum lateral to notauli and medial lobe. The mesoscutum is subdivided by a pair of grooves (notauli) into the medial and lateral lobes.
- Median mesoscutal lobe. See image above.
- Notaulus (pl: notauli). A pair of longitudinal grooves extending from the anterior base of the mesoscutum to a postero-medial rugose or rugulose area of the scutum, and separating the scutum into three lobes.
- Punctate. With a pitted pattern consisting of small, uniform depressions such that the areas between the depressions are wider than the depressions.
- Rugose. With an irregular pattern of carinae, resulting in a wrinkled appearance.
- Rugocostate. With an irregular pattern of carinae in combination with some discernible longitudinal carinae.
- Rugulose-areolate. With a reticulated pattern of carinae; similar to areolate except pattern not as regular as areolate.
- Rugulocostulate. With an irregular pattern of small, delicate carinae in combination with small, delicate longitudinal costae, or small delicate longitudinal costae.
- Sinuate. Wavy or recurved.
Harris, R. 1979. A glossary of surface sculpturing. Occasional Papers in Entomology, California Department of Food and Agriculture 28:1-31.