Chauliodes pectinicornis

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

Chauliodes pectinicornis
Scientific classification
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


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.

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.
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