On dorsal prothoracic appendages in treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) and the nature of morphological evidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mikó, István ^a   Friedrich, Frank ^b   Yoder, Matthew J ^a   Hines, Heather M ^a   Deitz, Lewis L ^a   Bertone, Matthew A ^a   Seltmann, Katja C ^a   Wallace, Matthew S ^c   Deans, Andrew R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c East Stroudsburg State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CLADISTICS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DORSAL PROTHORACIC APPENDAGE; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HEMIPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THORAX;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEMBRACIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; HEMIPTERA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THORAX; WING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855849502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030137     Document Type: Article

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