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mx id: 834 | OBO id: HAO:0000503 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000503

malar distance synonyms: malar line, malar space

Definition:

The anatomical line that is the shortest between the lower orbit and the ventrolateral margin of the cranium.

written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The malar distance is a line.

The malar distance is part of the integument.

Aleiodes terminalis Cresson, 1869

Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758); Evania appendagaster Samouelle, 1819

Szepligetella deercreeki Deans and Mikó; Szepligetella Bradley, 1908

Entomacis cepa Yoder, 2004

Opius dissitus Muesebeck

malar distance by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..

malar line by Miko, I., M. Bertone, M. Yoder, A. Deans, S. Katja, N. Johnson, S. Brady, P. Ward, F. Ronquist, E. Talamas, L. Krogmann, L. Vilhelmsen, C. Rasmussen, G. Broad, A. Lucky, and B. G. 2010. HAO/Biosync working meeting II..

malar space by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..

malar space by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

malar space by Yoder, M. J. 2004. Revision of the North American species of the genus Entomacis (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae). Canadian Entomologist 136:323-405.

malar space by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.

alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko

Minimum distance between the lower margin of the eye and the margin of the mouth at the base of the mandible; sometimes called the malar distance.

Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 12 years ago by Kelly Dew

The shortest distance between the compound eye and the ventrolateral margin of the cranium.

Reference: Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
Cross reference: None provided.

comment added over 13 years ago by Matt Yoder

HOMONYM! malar space=area sensu Sharkey and Wharton.

Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Andy Deans

area between the ventral margin of the compound eye and the base of the mandible

Reference: Sharkey, M.J. and R.A. Wharton 1997. Morphology and terminology. Pages 19-38. In: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, and M.J. Sharkey (Eds), Manual of the New World genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Vol. 1: 1-439 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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