Corydalus

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: Corydalinae
Genus: Corydalus
Species: C. affinis – C. amazonas – C. batesii – C. cornutus – C. ignotus – C. muzoensis – C. nubilus – C. wanningeri
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Corydalus cornutus

References

Contreras-Ramos, A. 2011: Phylogenetic review of dobsonflies of the subfamily Corydalinae and the genus Corydalus Latreille (Megaloptera: Corydalidae). Zootaxa, 2862: 1–38. Preview PDF
Contreras-Ramos, A.; Dunk, K. von der 2010: A new species of Corydalus Latreille from Venezuela (Megaloptera, Corydalidae). ZooKeys, 67: 11–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.67.702

Corydalus is a genus of large flying insects in the Corydalidae family, commonly known as dobsonflies. They are endemic to North, Central and South America and there are about 35 known species. Members of the genus have wing lengths of up to 85 millimetres. They are sexually dimorphic, with the males having large mandibles used to grasp the females during mating while the females have smaller jaws. The larvae are known as hellgrammites and are aquatic predators.[1][2]
Etymology

Corydalus (also transcribed corydalis) comes from the Greek (κορυδαλλις) meaning a crested lark or the flower, larkspur, apparently related to Greek corys (κορυς) a helmet crest.[3] The name probably refers to the long mandibles of the male which might be considered to resemble the crest of a lark, or perhaps, the decorative crests of a helmet.[2]
Species

Corydalus affinis Burmeister, 1839 - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela
Corydalus amazonas Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Brazil
Corydalus armatus Hagen, 1861 - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil(?), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Corydalus arpi Navás, 1936 - Venezuela
Corydalus australis Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Corydalus batesii McLachlan, 1867 - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Corydalus bidenticulatus Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Mexico, Arizona
Corydalus cephalotes Rambur, 1842 - Brazil
Corydalus clauseni Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador
Corydalus clavijoi Contreras-Ramos, 2002
Corydalus colombianus Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Colombia
Corydalus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eastern dobsonfly - Eastern North America
Corydalus crossi Contreras-Ramos, 2002
Corydalus diasi Navás, 1915 - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
Corydalus ecuadorianus Banks, 1948 - Ecuador
Corydalus flavicornis Stitz, 1914 - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Corydalus flinti Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Venezuela
Corydalus hayashii Contreras-Ramos, 2002
Corydalus hecate McLachlan, 1866 - Brazil, Peru, Venezuela
Corydalus holzenthali Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Bolivia, Peru
Corydalus ignotus Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - French Guiana
Corydalus imperiosus Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Argentina
Corydalus longicornis Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador
Corydalus luteus Hagen, 1861 - Southern United States, Mexico, Central America
Corydalus magnus Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Central America
Corydalus mayri Contreras-Ramos, 2002
Corydalus neblinensis Contreras-Ramos, 1998 - Venezuela
Corydalus nubilus Erichson, 1848 - Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
Corydalus parvus Stitz, 1914 - Ecuador, Peru
Corydalus peruvianus K. Davis, 1903 - Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Corydalus primitivus Van der Weele, 1909 - Argentina, Bolivia
Corydalus territans Needham, 1909
Corydalus tesselatus Stitz, 1914 - Venezuela
Corydalus texanus Banks, 1903 - Southwest United States, Guatemala, Mexico
Corydalus tridentatus Stitz 1914 - Brazil

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References

DigiMorph
BugGuide
Borror, D. J. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms, Mayfield Publishing Company, 1960. ISBN 0-87484-053-8, Cite: 20598
Encyclopedia of Life
Tree of Life Web Project