Table 2. List and descriptions of colour characters.
N° | Body part | Character | Number of modalities | Illustration (Figure 4) |
01 | Head | Upper gena | 3 | A |
02 | Head | Vertex | 3 | A |
03 | Head | Ocellar area | 3 | A |
04 | Head | Dorsal margin of scape | 3 | A |
05 | Mesosoma | Prothorax | 4 | B |
06 | Mesosoma | Mesoscutum | 5 | B |
07 | Mesosoma | Scutellum | 3 | B |
08 | Mesosoma | Metanotum | 4 | B |
09 | Mesosoma | Mesepisternum | 2 | C |
10 | Legs | Profemora | 3 | C |
11 | Legs | Protibia | 3 | C |
12 | Legs | Metatibia apex | 2 | C |
13 | Metasoma | 1st metasomal tergum | 4 | D |
14 | Metasoma | Basal area of the2nd metasomal tergum | 2 | D |
15 | Metasoma | Apical margin of the 2nd metasomal tergum | 3 | D |
16 | Metasoma | 3rd metasomal tergum | 4 | D |
17 | Metasoma | 4th metasomal tergum | 4 | D |
18 | Metasoma | 5th metasomal tergum | 3 | D |
19 | Metasoma | 6th metasomal tergum | 2 | D |
20 | Metasoma | 2nd metasomal sternum | 4 | E |
21 | Metasoma | 3rd metasomal sternum | 3 | E |
22 | Metasoma | 4th metasomal sternum | 3 | E |
23 | Metasoma | 5th & 6th metasomal sterna | 2 | E |