Mandibulate chironomids: primitive or derived? (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 688 - 699
Published: Oct 1, 2008
Abstract
Mandibulate functional mouthparts are reported in males and females of the two Early Cretaceous Chironomidae (Diptera): Wadelius libanicusVeltz et al., 2007 (in Tanypodinae) and Libanochlites Brundin, 1976 (transferred from the Podonominae to the Tanypodinae). Females of Haematotanypus libanicusgen.n. et sp.n. (subfamily Tanypodinae) have mandibulate mouthparts. Although currently considered as plesiomorphic structures, the presence of such...
Paper Details
Title
Mandibulate chironomids: primitive or derived? (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Published Date
Oct 1, 2008
Volume
33
Issue
4
Pages
688 - 699
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