Species Neohermes angusticollis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Works Cited

Gray Fishfly - Neohermes angusticollis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies)

Family Corydalidae (Dobsonflies and Fishflies)

Genus Neohermes (Gray Fishflies)

Species angusticollis (Neohermes angusticollis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neohermes angusticollis (Hagen, 1861)

Explanation of Names

From Latin angust narrow, straight, plus collis (Latin, tail?).

Size

body length 34 mm (male, guide photo)

Identification

See discussion under images. Species-level identification requires examination of the male terminal appendages.

Range

Includes (limited to?) Southeastern United States.

Season

May-June (North Carolina)

Print References

Brimley, p. 28, lists Chauliodes (Neohermes) angusticollis as flying in June in North Carolina. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 June, 2009 - 3:35pm
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