The Cheilosia canicularis group (Diptera: Syrphidae): Species delimitation and evolutionary relationships based on wing geometric morphometrics

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1825, 2008, Pages 40-50

  Ludoški, Jasmina ^a   Francuski, Ljubinka ^a   Vujič, Ante ^a   Milankov, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

C. himantopus; C. orthotricha; Cheilosia canicularis; Phenotypic variability; Species identification; Wing geometric morphometries

Indexed keywords

CHEILOSIA CANICULARIS; DIPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 47949109076     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1825.1.4     Document Type: Article

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