Head capsule characters in the Hymenoptera and their phylogenetic implications

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    Abstract

    The head capsule of a taxon sample of three outgroup and 86 ingroup taxa is examined for characters of possible phylogenetic significance within Hymenoptera. 21 morphological characters are illustrated and scored, and their character evolution explored by mapping them onto a phylogeny recently pr oduced froma large morphological data set. Many of the characters are informative and display unambiguous changes.Most of the character support demonstrated is supportive at the superfamily or family level. In contrast, only few characters corroborate deeper nodes in the phylogeny of Hymenoptera. Lars Vilhelmsen.

    Original languageDanish
    JournalZooKeys
    Volume130
    Pages (from-to)343–361
    Number of pages19
    ISSN1313-2989
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 24 Sept 2011

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