Table 2.
Character matrix based on internal female reproductive structures
| 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Allosepsis indica | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Archisepsis scabra | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Australosepsis niveipennis | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Decachaetophora aeneipes | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Dicranosepsis crinita | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Dicranosepsis distincta | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Dicranosepsis emiliae | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Dicranosepsis hamata | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Lasionemopoda hirsuta | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Meroplius fukuharai | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Meroplius minutus | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mircosepsis armillata | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nemopoda nitidula | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Ortalischema albitarse | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orygma luctuosum | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paleosepsis spec. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Parapalaeosepsis plebeia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Paratoxopoda amonanae | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Perochaeta dikowi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Platytoxopoda spec. | 0 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Saltella sphondylii | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sepsis cynipsea | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sepsis dissimilis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sepsis duplicata | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sepsis flavimana | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sepsis fulgens | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sepsis monostigma | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sepsis neocynipsea | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sepsis orthocnemis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sepsis punctum | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sepsis secunda | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sepsis thoracica | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Susanomira caucasica | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Themira annulipes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Themira biloba | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Themira flavicoxa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Themira lucida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Themira minor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Themira putris | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Themira superba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Toxopoda spec. | 0 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Willistoniella pleuropunctata | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
Nineteen morphological characters scored across 41 sepsid species and the outgroup. Characters for: Ventral receptacle = 1-7; Dorsal sclerotization = 8-11; Spermathecae and spermathecal ducts = 12-16; Sternite VIII = 17; Ovipositor = 18 & 19.