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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodinae) » Neohermes » Neohermes filicornis
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Fishfly or Dobson fly ? - Neohermes filicornis
Copyright © 2007 Richard Wasson

Fishfly or Dobson fly ? - Neohermes filicornis
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
July 3, 2007
Size: 37 mm head to wingtips
Cane to lights in a wooded area, not to far from a creek.

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Contributed by Richard Wasson on 6 July, 2007 - 12:34am
Last updated 1 July, 2023 - 10:38am

Moved
Moved from Neohermes.

Det. Grant Schiermeyer here.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 1 July, 2023 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chauliodinae.
… v belov, 15 February, 2015 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dobsonflies and Fishflies.
… v belov, 15 February, 2015 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Fishfly, likely Neohermes
It is a "fishfly", i.e., a member of the family Corydalidae that is not a Dobsonfly. It could be a Neohermes, of which there are supposed to be two species in California.

There are some other similar genera in the west with which I am not familiar--Protochauliodes close to it in Arnett's (1) key, it is supposed to have filiform (thread-like) antennae. This one appears to have beaded (moniliform) antennae, consistent with Neohermes. The spotting on the wing looks similar to that genus as well:
… Cotinis, 6 July, 2007 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

 
Fishfly
Thanks for the help.
… Richard Wasson, 6 July, 2007 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

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