Family-Level Divergences in the Stinging Wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata), with Correlations to Angiosperm Diversification

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-107

  Wilson, Joseph S ^a,b   von Dohlen, Carol D ^a   Forister, Matthew L ^b   Pitts, James P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Insect diversification; Relaxed molecular clock; Vespoidea

Indexed keywords

ACULEATA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84874372267     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9189-0     Document Type: Article

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