Chauliodes pectinicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Megaloptera
Family: Corydalidae
Genus: Chauliodes
Species:
C. pectinicornis
Binomial name
Chauliodes pectinicornis
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. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  2. "Detailed record for Chauliodes pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1763)". Essig Museum of Entomology Species Lists. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  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.


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