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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Dobsonflies (Corydalinae) » Dobsonflies (Corydalus) » Western Dobsonfly (Corydalus texanus)
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Dobsonfly - Corydalus texanus - male
Copyright © 2013 Eric Gofreed

Dobsonfly - Corydalus texanus - Male
Sedona, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
June 16, 2013
Size: 1.5 inches

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Dobsonfly - Corydalus texanus - male Dobsonfly - Corydalus texanus
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Contributed by Eric Gofreed on 16 June, 2013 - 5:36pm
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 4:00am

Moved tentatively; nice find! experts will set me straight
Moved from Dobsonflies and Fishflies.
… v belov, 16 June, 2013 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Corydalus texanus
That's a safe bet, I think. The other species known from AZ is still. as far as I can determine, only known from a single location: Miller Canyon in the Huachuca Mts.
… Brady Richards, 17 June, 2013 - 1:46am login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Brady
… v belov, 17 June, 2013 - 1:52am login or register to post comments

must be a male Corydalus [2 spp. in AZ]; looks sharp.
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 16 June, 2013 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

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