Biology:Chauliodes pectinicornis

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Short description: Species of insect

Chauliodes pectinicornis
Chauliodes pectinicornis (Corydalidae) - (imago), Cape Cod (MA), United States.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Megaloptera
Family: Corydalidae
Genus: Chauliodes
Species:
C. pectinicornis
Binomial name
Chauliodes pectinicornis
(Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Hemerobius pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1763
  • Hemerobius virginiensis Drury, 1773

Chauliodes pectinicornis known as Summer fishfly, is a species of fishfly from North America.

Distribution

C. pectinicornis has a wide distribution in the eastern Canada and United States , from Maine in the north-east to Alachua, Liberty and Santa Rosa counties in Florida to the south-east, and as far west as Kansas .[1]

Taxonomic history

C. pectinicornis was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum.[2]

Synonyms: Linnaeus 1763

Hemerobius pectinicornis, Hemerobius virginiensis, Semblis pectinicornis, Chauliodes virginiensis.

Ecology

C. pectinicornis has a commensal relationship with Plecoptcracoluthus downesi larvae, which undergo their entire life cycle including pupation on the fishfly's mesothorax.[3]

References

  1. Lionel Stange (November 20, 2000). "A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida". Florida State Collection of Arthropods. http://www.fsca-dpi.org/Neuroptera/Neuroptera_of_Florida.htm. 
  2. "Detailed record for Chauliodes pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1763)". Essig Museum of Entomology Species Lists. University of California, Berkeley. http://essigdb.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/eme_species_query?step=detail&seq_num=48727. 
  3. Benedict, P. R.; Fisher, G. T. (17 January 1972). "Commensalistic Relationships between Plecopteracoluthus downesi (Diptera: Chironomidae) and Chauliodes pectinicornis (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)2". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65 (1): 109–111. doi:10.1093/aesa/65.1.109. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2163468 entry