Molecular analyses of the Apocrita (Insecta : Hymenoptera) suggest that the Chalcidoidea are sister to the diaprioid complex

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 603-614

  Castro, Lyda R ^a   Dowton, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Bayesian analysis; Maximum parsimony; Partitioned analysis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; WASP;

APOCRITA; CEPHIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; CYNIPOIDEA; DIAPRIIDAE; HARTIGIA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MAAMINGIDAE; MONOMACHIDAE; PLATYGASTROIDEA; PROCTOTRUPOIDEA; SYMPHYTA;

EID: 33750052881     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS06002     Document Type: Article

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