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Taeniochauliodes

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Taeniochauliodes
Taeniochauliodes from Cedarberg Wilderness Area, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Megaloptera
Family: Corydalidae
Subfamily: Chauliodinae
Genus: Taeniochauliodes
Esben-Petersen, 1924

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

Description

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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.[1]

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

Taxonomy

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Taeniochauliodes contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Genus Taeniochauliodes". iNaturalist. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  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. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...740345L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040345. PMC 3391272. PMID 22792287.