Table 1. Mean divergence time estimates and 95 in A multi-locus phylogeny for the Diamesinae (Chironomidae: Diptera) provides new insights into evolution of an amphitropical clade

Table 1. Mean divergence time estimates and 95% HPD (in million years ago, Mya) intervals for key chironomid divergences.
CladeNode LeterTis study Mean 95% HPDCranston et al 2010Cranston et al 2012Krosch et al. 2020Tang et al. 2022ChironomidaeA230.0200.6–259.3211Mid Triassic199.6205Chironomidae minus AphroteniinaeB210.3184.0–269.5Mid–Late TriassicChironomidae minus Aphroteniinae, BuchonomyiinaeC207.6179.2–229.6165Mid–Late TriassicProtanypodiniD108.3163.1–57.5Heptagyiini + HarrisoniniE125.785.8–167.870Chironomoinae + Telmatogetoninae + TanypodinaeF203.5171.1–222.4End TriassicBoreoheptagyiiniG67.043.8–92.0Diamesinae (minus Protanypodini)H163.5129.9–195.5113Early-Mid Jurassic101Boreoheptagyiini + DiamesiniI150.4117.9–182.3Chironomoinae + TelmatogetoninaeJ188.0160.2 - 216.2DiamesiniK123.694.5–152.5Chironomoinae + Telmatogetoninae (minus Protanypodini)L179.1153.1–206.1150Early-Mid Jurassic125Telmatogetoninae + Prodiamesini + Orthocladiinae + ChironominaeM169.2143.6 - 195.3Prodiamesini + Orthocladiinae + ChironominaeN146.8124.7 - 169-8118111Orthocladiinae + ChironominaeO133.6113.5 - 155.2Early-Mid Jurassic148.6