Phylogenetic analysis of the new world Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) using morphology and molecules

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 742-760

  Pickett, Kurt M ^a,b   Wenzel, John W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphanilopterus; Paper wasps; Simultaneous analysis

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES INFUSCATUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11344266341     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/E-18.1     Document Type: Article

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