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Tag Archives: wickhami
Return of the Taxa
Those who might follow my blog may have noticed a rather long lull in my posts. For this I apologize, but life happens, and my attentions were elsewhere. I hope to make up for that in the coming months. In the meantime, … Continue reading
Posted in Fieldwork, Revising Bembidiina, Taxonomic Process
Tagged Bembidion, curtulatum, genitalia, Lindrochthus, Mount Tamalpais, Plataphus, wickhami
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Hiding in Plain Sight
In most groups of organisms there are taxa that are very isolated phylogenetically, and are structurally so distinctive that they are easy to recognize (the Australian platypus and Welwitschia mirabilis come to mind). Some of these isolated taxa are considered to … Continue reading
Posted in Revising Bembidiina, Taxonomic Process
Tagged Bembidion, DNA taxonomy, taxonomy, wickhami
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David Maddison
The Subulate Palpomere 