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Family Corydalidae - Dobsonflies and Fishflies

Fishfly - Chauliodes pectinicornis Nigronia fasciata Unknown Insect - Corydalus cornutus - female Neohermes concolor ??? - Neohermes concolor 9050451 fishfly - Chauliodes rastricornis Fishfly larva with fungus? what am I? - Chauliodes pectinicornis Summer Fishfly - Chauliodes pectinicornis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies)
Family Corydalidae (Dobsonflies and Fishflies)
Explanation of Names
Corydalidae Leach 1815
Numbers
22 spp. in 7 genera in our area(1)(2)(3)(4), ~250 spp. in 36 genera total
Size
wingspan up to 210 mm; in our area, BL 25-80 mm; Corydalis cornutus males can have a 14 cm wingspan and mandibles >4 cm long(1)
Identification
wings folded flat over back at rest
ocelli present
fourth segment of tarsi rounded (flattened in Sialidae)
antennae variable: may be filiform, moniliform, serrate, or pectinate
males of some species have enlarged mandibles
Range
New World, S/SE Asia, Australasia; in our area, genera Chauliodes, Corydalus, Neohermes, Nigronia are eastern; Neohermes & Dysmicohermes in nw. NA, Orohermes & Protochauliodes along the Pacific Coast
Habitat
Larvae are aquatic. Adults are terrestrial, often found near larval habitat, and come to lights
Food
Larvae feed on aquatic insects, tadpoles, and small fish; adults either do not feed, or take small quantities of nectar and fruit juices(1)
Life Cycle
larvae go through 7―8 instars and take 2―5 years to reach maturity
Print References
(5)
Works Cited
1.Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico
Penny N.D., Adams P.A., Stange L.A. 1997. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 39‒114.
2.Systematics of the dobsonfly genus Corydalus (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)
Contreras-Ramos A. 1998. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD. 360 pp.
3.Phylogenetic review of dobsonflies of the subfamily Corydalinae and the genus Corydalus Latreille (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)
Contreras-Ramos A. 2011. Zootaxa 2862: 1–38.
4.A New Fishfly Species (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Neohermes Banks) Discovered from North America by a Systematic Revision
Xingyue Liu & Shaun L. Winterton. 2016. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148319.
5.Aquatic Insects of California
Robert L. Usinger, Editor. 1956. University of California Press.