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Overcoming life stage‐centric biases illuminates arthropod diversity, systematics and biology.
- Source :
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Systematic Entomology . Jul2024, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p345-354. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Synthetic studies of arthropod systematics and biodiversity are hindered by overreliance on 'preferred' semaphoronts, those life stages (typically adult males) that provide the most taxonomically distinctive characters. However, modern sequence‐based methods for inventory have no such limitations and permit incorporation of any and all representatives of a species. Here, we briefly review the growth and potential of these approaches to faunistic and systematic studies and share results from our own recent work that illustrate the value that other morphs, immature stages and females added to these studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03076970
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Systematic Entomology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177650544
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12624