Node 3b: NN (Wugigarra, Tibetia, Holocneminus, Nita, Aucana, Chisosa)

 Exposed tarsal organ
(Huber 2000, 2001, Huber & El Hennawy 2007)

An exposed tarsal organ has evolved several times independently: in a subgroup of Arteminae, in Modisiminae, and in Buitinga kadogo (male only).nita
 


Plesiomorphic is a capsulate tarsal organ:

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