Chauliodes pectinicornis known as Summer fishfly, is a species of fishfly from North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Megaloptera |
| Family: | Corydalidae |
| Genus: | Chauliodes |
| Species: | C. pectinicornis
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Distribution
editC. 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
editC. 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
editC. pectinicornis has a commensal relationship with Plecoptcracoluthus downesi larvae, which undergo their entire life cycle including pupation on the fishfly's mesothorax.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Detailed record for Chauliodes pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1763)". Essig Museum of Entomology Species Lists. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ^ 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
edit- Chauliodes pectinicornis, American Insects
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