Taeniochauliodes

Taeniochauliodes
Taeniochauliodes from Cedarberg Wilderness Area, South Africa
Scientific classification
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

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

Taeniochauliodes contains the following species:

• Taeniochauliodes barnardi ^[2]
• Taeniochauliodes angustus ^[2]
• Taeniochauliodes esbenpeterseni ^[2]
• Taeniochauliodes natalensis ^[2]
• Taeniochauliodes fuscus ^[2]
• Taeniochauliodes minutus ^[2]
• Taeniochauliodes ochraceopennis ^[2]
• Taeniochauliodes attenuatus ^[2]

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. doi:10.1111/syen.12009. ISSN   0307-6970. S2CID   82535972.
2. "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.