Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Acalyptrates: tergite number confusion

Posted by Louis Boumans on 25-04-2013 23:09
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Thanks Valery, that's clear! If one also mentions 'syntergite 1+2' it is also unambiguous.
Now, do you also happen to know in which groups tergite 1+2 are fused? As Acalyptrata probably is a paraphyletic assemblage, it seems unlikely to me that the tergites are fused in all Acalyptrata but not in Calyptrata.