Taeniochauliodes is a genus of fishflies in the family Corydalidae.[1][2]
Taeniochauliodes | |
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Taeniochauliodes from Cedarberg Wilderness Area, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Megaloptera |
Family: | Corydalidae |
Subfamily: | Chauliodinae |
Genus: | Taeniochauliodes Esben-Petersen, 1924 |
Description
editTaeniochauliodes 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.[1]
Taeniochauliodes forms a clade with Protochauliodes and Neohermes, together distributed across Australia, North America, and the nearctic.[3]
Taxonomy
editTaeniochauliodes contains the following species:
References
edit- ^ a b 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. doi:10.1111/syen.12009. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 82535972.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Genus Taeniochauliodes". iNaturalist. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...740345L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040345. PMC 3391272. PMID 22792287.