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Fishflies
Fishflies are members of the subfamily Chauliodinae, belonging to the megalopteran family Corydalidae. They are most easily distinguished from their closest relatives, dobsonflies, by the jaws (mandibles) and antennae. In contrast to the large jaws (especially in males) of dobsonflies, fishfly mandibles are not particularly noticeable or distinctive, and the males have feathery antennae similar to many large moths. '' Chauliodes pectinicornis'', the "summer fishfly", is a well-known species in North America. Fishflies lay their eggs upon vegetation overhanging streams, whence the larvae, as soon as hatched, drop into the water, and go about preying upon aquatic animals. When ready to transform to pupae, they crawl out upon the bank and are then found in cavities under stones or even under the bark of trees. Fishflies are quite large, with a wingspan of . They will eat aquatic plants as well as small animals including vertebrates like minnows and tadpoles, and may live up to seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corydalidae
The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa (particularly South Africa) and Asia. They are sizeable Megaloptera, with a body usually larger than 25 mm (1 inch). They often have long filamentous antennae, though in male fishflies they are characteristically feathered. Ocelli are present; the fourth tarsal segment is cylinder-shaped. The four large wings are translucent, smoky grey, or mixed, and the anterior pair is slightly longer than the posterior one. Their aquatic larvae are used as fish bait and are called hellgrammites. The larvae are aquatic, active, armed with strong sharp mandibles, and breathe by means of abdominal branchial filaments. When full sized — which can take several years — they leave the water and spend a quiescent pupal stage on the land, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taeniochauliodes
''Taeniochauliodes'' is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae. Description ''Taeniochauliodes'' is the most common genus of fishfly in South Africa. It is distinguishable from '' Platychauliodes'' and '' Madachauliodes'' by the fusion of two of the longitudinal anal veins in the forewing as well as large ocelli. ''Taeniochauliodes'' forms a clade with '' Protochauliodes'' and '' Neohermes,'' together distributed across Australia, North America, and the nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America .... Taxonomy ''Taeniochauliodes'' contains the following species: * '' Taeniochauliodes barnardi'' * '' Taeniochauliodes angustus'' * '' Taeniochauliodes esbenpeterseni'' * '' Taeniochauliodes natalensis'' * '' Taeniochauliodes fuscus'' * '' Taeniochauliodes mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parachauliodes
''Parachauliodes'' is a genus of fishfly in the family Corydalidae. They are present throughout Eastern Asia, likely originating on the Korean peninsula before dispersing to the Japanese archipelago 15 mya. Description ''Parachauliodes'' are differentiated from other genera of fishflies by the presence of bi-lobed ectoproct in males and usually having serrated antenna in both sexes. The former genus ''Sinochauliodes'' was found to be a synonym of ''Parachauliodes.'' Larvae have a pair of respiratory tubes on their dorsal side to enable aerial respiration in poorly oxygenated water. Larvae climb out of the water during the night following rain, and ''P. continentalis'' dig a bowl-like pit as a pupal chamber. In some species, males mature faster and leave the water earlier to ensure greater mating success. Male ''Parachauliodes'' produce a gelatinous spermatophore with spherical bundles of sperm. The volume of the spermatophore ranges within the genus being large enough to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megaloptera
Megaloptera is an order of insects. It contains the alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies, and there are about 300 known species. The order's name comes from Ancient Greek, from ''mega-'' (μέγα-) "large" + ''pteryx'' (πτέρυξ) "wing", in reference to the large, clumsy wings of these insects. Megaloptera are relatively unknown insects across much of their range, due to the adults' short lives, the aquatic larvae's often-high tolerance of pollution (so they are not often encountered by swimmers etc.), and the generally crepuscular or nocturnal habits. However, in the Americas the dobsonflies are rather well known, as their males have tusk-like mandibles. These, while formidable in appearance, are relatively harmless to humans and other animals; much like a peacock's feathers, they serve mainly to impress females. However, the mandibles are also used to hold females during mating, and some male dobsonflies spar with each other in courtship displays, trying to flip eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protochauliodes
''Protochauliodes'' is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, .... There are about 13 described species in ''Protochauliodes''. Species These 13 species belong to the genus ''Protochauliodes'': * '' Protochauliodes aridus'' Maddux, 1954 * '' Protochauliodes biconicus'' Kimmins, 1954 * '' Protochauliodes bullocki'' Flint, 1973 * '' Protochauliodes cascadius'' Evans, 1984 * '' Protochauliodes cinerascens'' (Blanchard, 1851) * '' Protochauliodes dubitatus'' (Walker, 1853) * '' Protochauliodes eungella'' Theischinger, 1988 * '' Protochauliodes humeralis'' (Banks, 1908) * '' Protochauliodes kirramae'' Theischinger, 1983 * '' Protochauliodes minimus'' (Davis, 1903) * '' Protochauliodes montivagus'' Chandler, 1954 * '' Protochauliode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archichauliodes
''Archichauliodes'' is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, .... There are more than 20 described species in ''Archichauliodes''. Species These 21 species belong to the genus ''Archichauliodes'': * '' Archichauliodes anagaurus'' Riek, 1954 * '' Archichauliodes chilensis'' Kimmins, 1954 * '' Archichauliodes collifer'' Theischinger, 1983 * '' Archichauliodes conversus'' Theischinger, 1983 * '' Archichauliodes cuspidatus'' Theischinger, 1983 * '' Archichauliodes deceptor'' Kimmins, 1954 * '' Archichauliodes diversus'' (Walker, 1853) * '' Archichauliodes glossa'' Theischinger, 1988 * '' Archichauliodes guttiferus'' (Walker, 1853) * '' Archichauliodes isolatus'' Theischinger, 1983 * '' Archichauliodes lewis'' Theischinger, 1983 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauliodes
''Chauliodes'' is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae. There are about five described species in ''Chauliodes''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Chauliodes'': * '' Chauliodes carsteni'' Wichard, 2003 * ''Chauliodes pectinicornis ''Chauliodes pectinicornis'' known as Summer fishfly, is a species of fishfly from North America. Distribution ''C. pectinicornis'' has a wide distribution in the eastern Canada and United States, from Maine in the north-east to Alachua, Liber ...'' (Linnaeus, 1763) – summer fishfly * '' Chauliodes priscus'' Pictet, 1856 * '' Chauliodes rastricornis'' Rambur, 1842 – spring fishfly * '' Chauliodes schneideri'' Risso, 1827 References Further reading * External links * Corydalidae Articles created by Qbugbot Aquatic insects {{megaloptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neohermes
''Neohermes'' is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, .... There are about 5 described species in ''Neohermes''.Arnold D.C., Drew W.A. (1987). "A preliminary survey of the Megaloptera of Oklahoma", ''Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci.'' 67: 23-26. Species * '' Neohermes angusticollis'' (Hagen, 1861) * '' Neohermes californicus'' (Walker, 1853) * '' Neohermes concolor'' (Davis, 1903) * '' Neohermes filicornis'' (Banks, 1903) * '' Neohermes matheri'' Flint, 1965 References * Flint, Oliver S. Jr. (1965). "The genus Neohermes (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)". ''Psyche'', vol. 72, no. 3, 255-263. * Penny, Norman D., Philip A. Adams, and Lionel A. Stange (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigronia
Nigronia is a genus of megalopterous insects (dark fishflies) in the family of Corydalidae The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, .... The typical size of species in the Nigronia genus are 20-30 millimeters. Species There are 2 species in the genus Nigronia; '' Nigronia serricornis'' and '' Nigronia fasciata''. The main thing that distinguishes the two species is that ''Nigronia fasciata'' has continuous and large white areas on its wings, whereas ''Nigronia serricornis'' has white spots on its wings which are isolated, rather than large and continuous. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q11846020 Corydalidae Insect genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orohermes
''Orohermes'' is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, .... There is one described species in ''Orohermes'', ''O. crepusculus''. References Further reading * External links * Corydalidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{megaloptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and Diurnal animal, diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the Butterfly, butterflies form a monophyly, monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauliodes Pectinicornis
''Chauliodes pectinicornis'' known as Summer fishfly, is a species of fishfly from North America. Distribution ''C. pectinicornis'' has a wide distribution in the eastern Canada and United States, from Maine in the north-east to Alachua, Liberty and Santa Rosa counties in Florida to the south-east, and as far west as Kansas. Taxonomic history ''C. pectinicornis'' was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 work ''Centuria Insectorum''. Synonyms: Linnaeus 1763 ''Hemerobius pectinicornis, Hemerobius virginiensis, Semblis pectinicornis, Chauliodes virginiensis.'' Ecology ''C. pectinicornis'' has a commensal relationship with ''Plecoptcracoluthus downesi'' larvae, which undergo their entire life cycle including pupation on the fishfly's mesothorax The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments of the thorax of hexapods, and bears the second pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the mesonotum (dorsal), the mesosternum ( ventral), and the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
