Conceptual issues in phylogeny, taxonomy, and nomenclature

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-41

  Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Paleoentomology; Phenetics; Phylistics; Phylogeny; Principles of nomenclature; Taxonomy; Type concept; Xyelidae (Vespida)

Indexed keywords

XYELIDAE;

EID: 0002365057     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/26660644-06601001     Document Type: Article

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