Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eyes of Chaoborus larva

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-10-2019 15:24
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In Manual of Nearctic Diptera Chaoborus larva eyes described as follows: “Larval and developed adult eyes both visible on last (= 4th) instar.”
I was sure that compound eyes are absent in larvae of Diptera.
Please, question:
is Chaoborus the exclusion and its larva uses adult compound eye on larval stage? Or what?