Divergence time estimates
A chronogram for Typhlocybinae divergence dates and topologies based on whole mitochondrial protein coding genes is shown in Figure 5. According to this result, Typhlocybinae arose ~118 million years ago (MYA) (94–142 MYA 95% HPD), during the middle Cretaceous period. Divergence of major lineages within Typhlocybinae was estimated to have begun ~99 MYA (78–119 MYA 95% HPD) with all tribes having first appeared during the Late Cretaceous. These date estimates are slightly younger than, but within the 95% confidence intervals, of those reported by Dietrich et al. (2017).