S.V. Kazantsev: "Comparative morphology of mandibular structures in lycid larvae and its phylogenetic implications"

 
Sergey V. Kazantsev 
 
Comparative morphology of mandibular structures in lycid larvae and its phylogenetic implications (Polyphaga, Hexapoda)  
 
Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 87: 229-238  (July 2006) 
 
Accepted for publication: 
18 May 2006 
 
Keywords: Hexapoda, Lycidae, morphology, phylogeny, Polyphaga 
 
Abstract 
 
The morphology of the larval mandibular structures of the family Lycidae 
(Polyphaga) is characterized by facultative dicondyly, posterior articulation 
with long mandibular rods, lateral location of the anterior condyle and its 
articulation with a paired non-cranial structure. It is compared to that of 
Eucrustacea, Chilopoda, Entognatha, Microcoryphia and Zygentoma and found 
to be more reminiscent of the Entognatha. The phylogenetic implications of 
this conclusion are discussed, with the Pterygota and Dicondylia hypothesized 
to be non-monophyletic. 
 
Sergey V. Kazantsev, Insect Centre, Donetskaya 13-326, Moscow 109651, Russia. 
 
E-mail: kazantss@mail.ru