Character Details

Character

Clasper Shape

Description

None provided.

States

0: Rounded
notes: Without depression on ventrolateral side of each clasper.
coded examples: Metopius (Cultrarius) birkmani, Metopius (Cultrarius) comptus, Metopius (Cultrarius) consector, Metopius (Cultrarius) pectoralis, Metopius (Cultrarius) rufipes (toggle remainder)
1: Depressed
notes: Ventro-apical face of claspers depressed/flattened, creating a lateral ridge.
coded examples: Metopius (Ceratopius) fuscipennis, Metopius (Peltales) notatus, Metopius (Peltales) errantius, Metopius (Peltastes) bellus, Metopius (Peltastes) basalis (toggle remainder)