Species Chauliodes pectinicornis - Summer Fishfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Works Cited

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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)

Subfamily Chauliodinae (Fishflies)

Genus Chauliodes

Species pectinicornis (Summer Fishfly)

Explanation of Names

Chauliodes pectinicornis (Linnaeus 1763)

pectinicornis = 'comb-horned'

common name reflects seasonal occurrence, in contrast with the Spring Fishfly, C. rastricornis

Identification

Antennae pectinate in both sexes (compared to C. rastricornis where female antennae are serrate); head and pronotum with pale markings on dark background; flight period later in the season than in C. rastricornis (1)

Range

Eastern half of the continent, incl. southern Canada(1)

Habitat

prefer shaded, woodland habitats(1)

Season

May-Aug in NC(2), Jun-Jul in WV, spring and summer in FL(1)

Food

Adults have been recorded feeding on sugary and fermented solutions in laboratory settings.(3)

See Also

Head and pronotum have yellowish markings on dark brown background, as opposed to dark markings on light brown background found on C. rastricornis. Antennae of both sexes in this species are always pectinate, compared to C. rastricornis where females have serrate antennae and males have pectinate antennae. Also, note later flight (summer) of C. pectinicornis in most of the east. C. rastricornis typically flies in spring.

Summer Fishfly vs Spring Fishfly

Works Cited

1.	A guide to the Megaloptera and aquatic Neuroptera of Florida Rasmussen A.K., Pescador M.L. 2002. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection, Div. Water Resource Management. Tallahassee. iii+45 pp.

2.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

3.	The Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Minnesota Sophy I. Parfin. 1952. The American Midland Naturalist, 47(2): 421-434.

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 November, 2004 - 1:50pm
Additional contributions by urtica, v belov, Ken Childs, PaleoJon
Last updated 23 February, 2023 - 1:09pm

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