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mx id: 3941 | OBO id: HAO:0000381 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000381
gonoforceps synonyms: gonoforcep
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The sclerite that is located distally of the cupula and dorsolaterally of the volsella, surrounds the aedeagus dorsolaterally and does not connected to any sclerite distally.
written by: Mikó, I., M. J. Yoder, E. Johannes, and A. R. Deans. 2012. Male terminalia of Ceraphronoidea: diversity in a monotonous system. Insect Systematics and Evolution in prep.

Relationships / properties:
The gonoforceps is a sclerite.
The gonoforceps is part of the cuticle. The gonoforceps is part of the external male genitalia.

Figures
Micrevania Benoit, 1952
Gasteruptiidae
Opius dissitus Muesebeck
Biosteres carbonarius
Opius dissitus Muesebeck
Biosteres carbonarius

Label usage (sensu)
gonoforceps by Peck, O. 1937. The male genitalia in the Hymenoptera (Insecta), especially the family Ichneumonidae. Canadian Journal of Research, Section D, Zoological Sciences 15:221-274.
gonoforcep by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
gonoforceps by Ross, H. H. 1945. Sawfly genitalia: terminology and study techniques. Entomological News (Philadelphia) 56:261-265.
gonoforceps by Schulmeister, S. 2001. Male genitalia and copulation in Hymenoptera. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 82:331-349.
gonoforceps by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
gonoforceps 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.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 12 years ago by Kelly Dew
The sclerite that is the apical-most sclerite of the external male genitalia and that is connected along its basal margin with the cupula.
  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.

alternative definition added over 11 years ago by Istvan Miko
The sclerite that is the apical-most sclerite of the external male genitalia and connected along its basal margin with the cupula.
  Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
  Cross reference: None provided.

comment added almost 14 years ago by Matt Yoder
The gonoforceps might be homologous with the gonostipes or with the gonostyle.
  Reference: Schulmeister, S. 2001. Male genitalia and copulation in Hymenoptera. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 82:331-349.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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