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