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: 2015
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; homoplasy; implied weighting; Macropelopiini; Neotropics; new genus; Paggipelopia gen. nov; phylogeny; succesive reweighting; Raúl; Suarez; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/144993

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...