Chloronia is a genus of dobsonflies in the family Corydalidae.[1]
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| Adult Chloronia osae from Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Megaloptera |
| Family: | Corydalidae |
| Subfamily: | Corydalinae |
| Genus: | Chloronia Banks, 1908 |
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Description
editChloronia is one of the three New World dobsonfly genera, the other two being Platyneuromus and Corydalus. Chloronia are easily distinguished by their bright yellow coloration with black spots and are present from Northern Mexico south to Eastern South America.[2] Chloronia frequently inhabit the same streams as Corydalus but prefer slower moving waters.[3] Their larvae are distinguishable by their dark head and four dark spots on their pronotum.[4]
Taxonomy
editChloronia contains the following species:
- Chloronia absona
- Chloronia antilliensis
- Chloronia banksiana
- Chloronia bogotana
- Chloronia convergens
- Chloronia corripiens
- Chloronia gaianii
- Chloronia gloriosoi
- Chloronia hieroglyphica
- Chloronia marthae
- Chloronia mexicana
- Chloronia mirifica
- Chloronia osae
- Chloronia pallida
- Chloronia pennyi
- Chloronia plaumanni
- Chloronia yungas
- Chloronia zacapa
References
edit- ^ "Chloronia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (1995). "New Species of Chloronia from Ecuador and Guatemala, with a Key to the Species in the Genus (Megaloptera:Corydalidae)". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 14 (1): 108–114. doi:10.2307/1467727. ISSN 0887-3593.
- ^ de la Rosa, Carlos L. (1992). "Phoretic Associations of Chironomidae (Diptera) on Corydalidae (Megaloptera) in Northwestern Costa Rican Streams". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 11 (3): 316–323. doi:10.2307/1467651. ISSN 0887-3593.
- ^ Contreras-Ramos, Atilano; Harris, Steven C. (1998). "The Immature Stages of Platyneuromus (Corydalidae), with a Key to the Genera of Larval Megaloptera of Mexico". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 17 (4): 489–517. doi:10.2307/1468368. ISSN 0887-3593.
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