Concept information
Preferred term
diagnosis
Definition(s)
- An intensional definition of a taxon based on “character states” or signifiers (Ashlock 1985) that are considered to be differential for the taxon, i.e., shared by all members of the taxon and absent in all non-members. (Traditional term, definition by A. Dubois)
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Note
- Etymology: G: διάγνωσις (diagnosis), distinction, discrimination.
Scope note(s)
- Code: A statement in words that purports to give those characters which differentiate the taxon from other taxa with which it is likely to be confused.
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
- Ashlock, P. D. (1985) A revision of the Bergidea group: a problem in classification and biogeography (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Kansas entomological Society, ‘1984’, 57 (4): 675–688 [ https://www.jstor.org/stable/25084577 ]
Identifier
- 1608
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/FM8-Z8XBBN2M-T
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