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| The cynipoid genus Paramblynotus : revision, phylogeny, and historical biogeography (Hymenoptera, Liopteridae) ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 304 |
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| Title: | The cynipoid genus Paramblynotus : revision, phylogeny, and historical biogeography (Hymenoptera, Liopteridae) ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 304 |
| Other Titles: | Revision of Paramblynotus (Hymenoptera) |
| Authors: | Liu, Zhiwei, entomologist. Ronquist, Fredrik. Nordlander, G�oran. |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 304 |
| Abstract: | "The genus Paramblynotus is the most species-rich genus of the so-called macrocynipoids, the large cynipoid parasitoids of wood-boring and cone-boring insect larvae. The species range in size from some of the largest to the smallest macrocynipoids, comparable in size to microcynipoids. Paramblynotus members occur on all continents except Europe and Australia, with most species being tropical or subtropical. The biology is poorly known but a few observations indicate that the species are parasitoids of beetle larvae. In this monographic revision of the genus, we present a species-level cladistic analysis based on qualitative and quantitative features of the external morphology. For analysis of quantitative features, we present for the first time a novel coding method, the method of Finite Mixture Coding (FMC) based on k-means clustering, or FMCK. The new method is similar to the FMC method proposed by previous authors in that they both generate codes (character states) for phylogenetic ... |
| Description: | 151 p. : ill., 1 map ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-134) and index. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5851 |
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