A semantic model for species description applied to the ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) of new caledonia

Systematic Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 639-659

  Balhoff, James P ^a,b   Mikó, István ^c,d   Yoder, Matthew J ^c,e   Mullins, Patricia L ^c,f   Deans, Andrew R ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882786376     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt028     Document Type: Article

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