Using seemingly unnecessary illustrations to improve the diagnostic usefulness of descriptions in taxonomy-a case study on Perochaeta orientalis (Diptera, Sepsidae)

ZooKeys

Volumn 355, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-27

  Ang, Yuchen ^a   Wong, Ling Jing ^a   Meier, Rudolf ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Illustrations; Sepsidae; Species descriptions; Taxonomy; Videography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888383101     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.355.6013     Document Type: Article

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