Male terminalia of Ceraphronoidea: Morphological diversity in an otherwise monotonous taxon

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 261-347

  Mikó, István ^a   Masner, Lubomir ^b   Johannes, Eva ^c   Yoder, Matthew J ^d   Deans, Andrew R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; CLSM; Conjunctiva; Figshare; Fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890180987     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: 1876312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-04402002     Document Type: Review

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