A character analysis of the North American potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae)
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Natural History
- Vol. 19 (5) , 877-916
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938500770551
Abstract
A cladistic analysis of the nearctic genera of Eumeninae is presented. The ground plan states of 43 character systems are discussed, and the first comprehensive cladogram for any significant portion of the subfamily is presented. At least eight of the 26 genera are apparently nonmonophyletic: Zethus, Montezumia, Euodynerus, Odynerus, Pterocheilus, Stenodynerus, Leptochilus and Microdynerus. A key to the nearctic genera accompanies the text.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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