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Fishflies
Chauliodinae
Fishflies are members of the subfamily Chauliodinae, belonging to the megalopteran family Corydalidae. They are most easily distinguished from their closest relatives, dobsonflies, by the jaws (mandibles) and antennae. In contrast to the large jaws (especially in males) of dobsonflies, fishfly mandibles are not particularly noticeable or distinctive, and the males have feathery antennae similar to many large moths. Chauliodes pectinicornis, the "summer fishfly", is a well-known species in North America.
17 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Spring and Summer Fishflies
genusChauliodes
Dark Fishflies
genusNigronia
Gray Fishflies
genusNeohermes
Archichauliodes
genusArchichauliodes
Neochauliodes
genusNeochauliodes
Protochauliodes
genusProtochauliodes
Dysmicohermes
genusDysmicohermes
Parachauliodes
genusParachauliodes
Orohermes
genusOrohermes
Ctenochauliodes
genusCtenochauliodes
Banded Fishflies
genusTaeniochauliodes
Anachauliodes
genusAnachauliodes
Flat Fishflies
genusPlatychauliodes
Apochauliodes
genusApochauliodes
Madachauliodes
genusMadachauliodes
Puri
genusPuri
Nothochauliodes
genusNothochauliodes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83350.