Cladistic analysis and evolutionary relationships of <i>Xylocopa</i> Latreille, 1802, subgenus <i>Xylocopoides</i> Michener, 1954, a New World lineage of large carpenter bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Results of a cladistic analysis of the five currently recognized species of the genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802, subgenus Xylocopoides Michener, 1954, are reported. Twenty adult morphological characters were coded for the five species of subgenus Xylocopoides, plus two outgroup species from the rela...
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PAGEPress Publications
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Tropical Zoology |
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| Online Access: | https://pagepress.org/biology/tz/article/view/54 |