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).
Plesiomorphic is a capsulate tarsal organ: