Chauliodes pectinicornis explained

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lionel Stange . A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida . November 20, 2000 . June 24, 2010 . Florida State Collection of Arthropods.
  2. Web site: Detailed record for Chauliodes pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1763) . Essig Museum of Entomology Species Lists . . June 16, 2010.
  3. Benedict . P. R. . Fisher . G. T. . Commensalistic Relationships between Plecopteracoluthus downesi (Diptera: Chironomidae) and Chauliodes pectinicornis (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)2 . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 17 January 1972 . 65 . 1 . 109–111 . 10.1093/aesa/65.1.109 .

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