Comparative Study of the Morphology of the Ovipositor of Platygaster diplosisae (Hymenoptera: Platygasteridae) and Aprostocetus procerae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Two Parasitoids Associated with the African Rice Gall Midge, Orseolia oryzivora (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Table 2

Distribution of the sensillae on the ovipositor of A. procerae.

Type	Localization (𝜇m)	Number	Extremity	Length	Existence of an apical pore	Probable function
Trichoid 1	Proximal portion of 3rd valvula	1	Sharp	104	No	Mechanoreceptor
Trichoid 2	58 𝜇m from distal extremity of 3rd valvula	The most common of the trichoid type	Slightly sharp	51	No	Mechanoreceptor
Trichoid 3	42 𝜇m from the distal extremity of 3rd valvula	—	Slightly rounded	38	No	Mechanoreceptor
Type a	Distal extremity of 3rd valvula	1	Rounded	5.3	No	Mechanoreceptor
Type b	Distal of 1st valvula	Few	Rounded	0.9	No	Mechanoreceptor
Type c	Half proximal of 1st valvula	Few	Rounded	0.8	No	Mechanoreceptor
Type d	Proximal portion of 1st valvula	1	Rounded	0.47	No	Mechanoreceptor
Type e	120 𝜇m from the distal extrimity of 1st valvula
Type f	5 𝜇m from the distal extremity of 1st valvula 3	3	Slightly rounded	0.4	Probable	Chemoreceptor
Type g	Half proximal of 1st valvula	—	—	—	—	—
Campaniform	2/3 proximal of 1st valvula	—	Rounded	2	—	Mechanoreceptor
Styloconic 1	Proximal portion of 1st valvula	—	Rounded	0.7	No	Mechanoreceptor
Styloconic 2	Proximal portion of 1st valvula	—	Rounded	0.7	No	Mechanoreceptor
Styloconic 3	Proximal part, interior surface of 2nd valvulae	3	Slightly sharp	0.7	No	Mechanoreceptor