Taxacom: Minimalist revision of Mesochorus

[Whitfield, Jim]

I think one thing that seems to be missed in the discussion is that, despite lacking a morphological diagnosis in words, the species presented in the Mesochorus paper do provide a substantial amount of biological information (identity of host parasitoid, caterpillar host of primary host parasitoid, host plant, plant community in which it is found) plus multiple photos showing the morphology, in addition to the barcodes and collection data. It could be argued that this combination of information is actually more extensive than the earlier descriptions in the group, and more useful to ecologists and other biologists. This is not to say it is the perfect solution, nor is it the way I typically work, but it is not quite so minimalist as it may be portrayed as being.

Jim  Sent from my iPhone