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BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
Volume 74, Issue 1, Pages 35-50Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0568
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landmark data; geometric morphometrics; thin-plate spline; relative warp; Procrustes distance; higher level taxa
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A geometric morphometric analysis of families belonging to the Scarabaeoidea, using landmarks from three two-dimensional views (frontal, dorsal and lateral) of an internally situated rigid structure, the metendosternite, was carried out. Procrustes distances matrices were obtained to produce phenograms from the three analyses. Relative warp analyses were also performed and the first two relative warps for the three data sets plotted against each other. The metendosternite is an internally situated anatomical structure that has largely been neglected in past studies. However, it proved to be useful in geometric morphometric studies, because it is rigid and landmarks can be easily identified. Geometric morphometrics is shown to be a powerful tool to identify phenetic relationships between higher level taxa, and the metendosternite is a new structure available for beetle systematisists. (C) 2001 The Linnean Society of London.
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