Taxonomic affinity of halictid bee fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) based on geometric morphometrics analyses of wing shape

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-764

  De Meulemeester, Thibaut ^a   Michez, Denis ^a   Aytekin, Ahmet Murat ^b   Danforth, Bryan Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Comstock Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Characters; Evolution; Geometric morphometrics; Molecular phylogeny; Wing

Indexed keywords

BEE; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NOMIINAE;

EID: 84866273022     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.628701     Document Type: Article

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