Fast-evolving homoplastic traits are best for species identification in a group of neotropical wasps.

Biological characters can be employed for both taxonomy and phylogenetics, but is conscripting characters for double duty a good idea? We explore the evolution of characters designed for taxonomic diagnosis in Costa Rican heterospiline wasps, a hyperdiverse lineage of parasitoid Braconidae, by mappi...

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Main Authors: Alexander L Wild, Paul M Marsh, James B Whitfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770636?pdf=render