Talk:Chaoboridae

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Can someone tell me what a cosmopolitan distribution is? --IronChris 00:11, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See cosmopolitan distribution. --Stemonitis 00:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chaoborids are closer to Culicidae and Dixidae than to Chironomidae. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.177.126.47 (talk) 16:10, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The antenna picture appears to be of Chironomidae (Orthocladiinae). Antennae of adult Chaoboridae have distinct rings of hairs. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 01:40, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For images of Chaoboridae see photo gallery on diptera.info and note wings and venation. --Andreas Plank (talk) 02:40, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What's up with the comment about some random grad student? Someone wanna check that out and clean it up?Wcbpolish (talk) 16:01, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Taxonomic authority[edit]

Does anyone have a source for Edwards as the authority—particularly in the year 1912? I see citations of his (e.g. "The british species of Chaoborus and Mochlonyx (Diptera, Culicidae)" Ent. mon. Mag. 66:163–165 from 1930) that seem to suggest at least the family Chaoboridae wasn't in use around 1912. If this bibliography is to be trusted, he didn't publish any works in 1912 relevant to the topic, either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthropoentomophagology (talk • contribs) 06:37, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Anthropoentomophagology: Edwards is the author, and he described the group originally as tribe Chaoborini in 1932, which was later elevated to family status. I have updated the taxobox per this overview paper.--Kev min § 17:17, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]