Chauliodinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Megaloptera

Familia: Corydalidae
Subfamilia: Chauliodinae
Genera: Anachauliodes – Apochauliodes – Archichauliodes – Chauliodes – Ctenochauliodes – Dysmicohermes – Madachauliodes – Neochauliodes – Neohermes – Nigronia – Nothochauliodes – Orohermes – Parachauliodes – Platychauliodes – Protochauliodes – Puri – Sinochauliodes – Taeniochauliodes – †Cretochaulus – †Eochauliodes – †Jurochauliodes
References

Cardoso-Costa, G.; De Azevêdo, C.A.S.; Ferreira, N. jr. 2013: New genus and new species of Chauliodinae (Insecta: Megaloptera: Corydalidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3613(4): 391–399. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.6 Reference page.
Yue, L., Liu, X-Y., Hayashi, F., Wang, M-Q. & Yang, D. 2015: Molecular systematics of the fishfly genus Anachauliodes Kimmins, 1954 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae). Zootaxa 3941(1): 91–103. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.4. Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Chauliodinae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Chauliodinae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Chauliodinae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Fishflies are members of the subfamily Chauliodinae, belonging to the megalopteran family Corydalidae.[1] 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.

Fishflies lay their eggs upon vegetation overhanging streams, whence the larvae, as soon as hatched, drop into the water, and go about preying upon aquatic animals. When ready to transform to pupae, they crawl out upon the bank and are then found in cavities under stones or even under the bark of trees.[2]

Fishflies are quite large, with a wingspan of 2.5 to 3 inches (6 to 8 cm). They will eat aquatic plants as well as small animals including vertebrates like minnows and tadpoles, and may live up to seven days as adults. Their entire lifespan is several years, but most of this time is spent as larvae.

There are about 15 genera with nearly 110 species. The New World genera include Dysmicohermes, Orohermes, Neohermes, Nothochauliodes, Protochauliodes, Archichauliodes, Chauliodes and Nigronia. Three genera are endemic to the Afrotropical Realm and are found in Madagascar and South Africa - Platychauliodes, Madachauliodes and Taeniochauliodes. Archichauliodes and Protochauli-odes found in the Australian Realm. The genera endemic to the Oriental Realm are Anachauliodes, Ctenochauliodes, Neochauliodes and Parachauliodes.[3]
References

See references in Haaramo (2008)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Fish-Fly" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
Liu, Xingyue; Yang, Ding (2006). "Phylogeny of the subfamily Chauliodinae (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), with description of a new genus from the Oriental Realm". Systematic Entomology. 31 (4): 652–670. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00346.x.