Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Macropelopiini (Chironomidae: Tanypodinae): adjusting homoplasies

• Main Authors: Siri, Augusto, Donato, Mariano Humberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: Chironomidae; Tanypodinae; Phylogeny; Sistematics; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Augusto; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/16275

Macropelopiini is a widely distributed tribe of Tanypodinae, with immature stages inhabiting cool seeps, springs, and small streams. The present study evaluated the monophyly and the supporting synapomorphies within a phylogenetic context for the first time for Macropelopiini. The monophyly and the...