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| Cladistics and classification of the Notodontidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 204 |
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| Title: | Cladistics and classification of the Notodontidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 204 |
| Authors: | Miller, James Stuart, 1953- |
| Issue Date: | 1991 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 204 |
| Abstract: | "A phylogeny for the Notodontidae was constructed based on cladistic relationships among 52 notodontid species. The study included taxa from all previously recognized family group categories and all biogeographic regions. Twelve species, chosen from the rest of the Noctuoidea, served as an outgroup. The data set consisted of 174 morphological characters (100 from adults and 74 from final instar larvae) comprising 437 character states. Cladistic analyses using the Hennig86 parsimony program produced eight equally parsimonious trees, each with a length of 853 steps, a consistency index of 0.30, and a retention index of 0.66. All morphological characters are described and all character states are figured using line drawings, photographs, and scanning electron micrographs. Adult and larval habitus photographs for taxa used in the analysis are also included. The Notodontidae, as here defined, is a monophyletic group. Six adult and five larval synapomorphies support monophyly, but none occur... |
| Description: | 230 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/897 |
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