Taeniochauliodes Explained

Taeniochauliodes is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Taeniochauliodes is the most common genus of fishfly in South Africa. It is distinguishable from Platychauliodes and Madachauliodes by the fusion of two of the longitudinal anal veins in the forewing as well as large ocelli.

Taeniochauliodes forms a clade with Protochauliodes and Neohermes, together distributed across Australia, North America, and the nearctic.^[3]

Taxonomy

Taeniochauliodes contains the following species:

• Taeniochauliodes barnardi
• Taeniochauliodes angustus
• Taeniochauliodes esbenpeterseni
• Taeniochauliodes natalensis
• Taeniochauliodes fuscus
• Taeniochauliodes minutus
• Taeniochauliodes ochraceopennis
• Taeniochauliodes attenuatus

Notes and References

1. LIU . XINGYUE . PRICE . BENJAMIN . HAYASHI . FUMIO . DE MOOR . FERDINAND . YANG . DING . 2013-04-16 . Systematic revision reveals underestimated diversity of the South African endemic fishfly genusTaeniochauliodes Esben‐Petersen (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) . Systematic Entomology . 38 . 3 . 543–560 . 10.1111/syen.12009 . 82535972 . 0307-6970.
2. Web site: Genus Taeniochauliodes . February 12, 2023 . iNaturalist . en-US.
3. Liu . Xingyue . Wang . Yongjie . Shih . Chungkun . Ren . Dong . Yang . Ding . 2012 . Early evolution and historical biogeography of fishflies (Megaloptera: Chauliodinae): implications from a phylogeny combining fossil and extant taxa. . PLOS ONE . 7 . 7. e40345 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0040345 . 22792287 . 3391272 . 2012PLoSO...740345L . free .