Morphospecies as a substitute for Coleoptera species identification, and the value of experience in improving accuracy

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 583-590

  Barratt, B I P ^a   Derraik, J G B ^b   Rufaut, C G ^c   Goodman, A J ^d   Dickinson, K J M ^c  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d Environment Canterbury ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coleoptera; Morphospecies; Parataxonomy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043240734     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517746     Document Type: Article

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