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Corydalinae (dobsonfly)

Insecta - Megaloptera - Corydalidae

Taxonomy
Corydalinae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Corydalus.

It was assigned to Corydalidae by Engel (2004) and Martins et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Corydalites, Corydalus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Corydalinae Leach
2004Corydalinae Engel
2022Corydalinae Martins et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderMegaloptera()
suborderNeomegaloptera
suborderEumegaloptera
familyCorydalidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyCorydalinaeLeach 1815
subfamilyCorydalinaeLeach 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Corydalinae Leach 1815 [dobsonfly]
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G. †Corydalites Scudder 1878
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†Corydalites fecundum Scudder 1878
G. Corydalus Latreille 1802
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†Corydalus vetustus Oppenheim 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Lancian or 150.80000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Corydalis vetusta (123985)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Corydalis vetusta (139876)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Corydalites fecundum (121286)