Phylogenetic implications of the mesosomal skeleton in Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) - Tree searches in a jungle of homoplasy

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 615-674

  Krogmann, Lars ^a   Vilhelmsen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Character evolution; Cladistic analysis; Comparative anatomy; Phylogenetic systematics

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

APOCRITA; CERAPHRONOIDEA; CHALCIDIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; CYNIPOIDEA; ENCYRTIDAE; ENTEDONINAE; EUCHARITIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; EULOPHINAE; EUPELMIDAE; EURYTOMIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOSPIDAE; MYMAROMMATOIDEA; PERILAMPIDAE; PLATYGASTROIDEA; PROCTOTRUPOIDEA; PTEROMALIDAE; PTEROMALINAE; STEPHANOIDEA; TETRASTICHINAE;

EID: 33845912419     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS06012     Document Type: Article

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