Corydalus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Megaloptera
- Family
- Corydalidae
- Genus
- Corydalus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Corydalus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Corydalus
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.
...Corydalus in languages:
- English
- American Dobsonflies
- Portuguese
- Juliões
- Portuguese
- lacraias-d'água
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Corydalus affinis
- Corydalus amazonas
- Corydalus armatus
- Corydalus arpi
- Corydalus australis
- Corydalus batesii
- Corydalus bidenticulatus
- Corydalus cephalotes
- Corydalus clauseni
- Corydalus clavijoi
- Corydalus colombianus
- Corydalus cornutus
- Corydalus crossi
- Corydalus diasi
- Corydalus ecuadorianus
- Corydalus flavicornis
- Corydalus flinti
- Corydalus hayashii
- Corydalus hecate
- Corydalus holzenthali
- Corydalus ignotus
- Corydalus imperiosus
- Corydalus liui
- Corydalus longicornis
- Corydalus luteus
- Corydalus magnus
- Corydalus mayri
- Corydalus muzoensis
- Corydalus neblinensis
- Corydalus nubilus
- Corydalus parvus
- Corydalus peruvianus
- Corydalus primitivus
- Corydalus sophiae
- Corydalus tesselatus
- Corydalus texanus
- Corydalus tridentatus
- Corydalus wanningeri































































































































































