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Corydalidae (dobsonfly)

Insecta - Megaloptera - Corydalidae

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

It was assigned to Sialodea by Carpenter (1992); to Eumegaloptera by Engel (2004); and to Megaloptera by Wang and Zhang (2010) and Martins et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Corydalidae Leach p. 138
1992Corydalidae Carpenter
2004Corydalidae Engel
2010Corydalidae Wang and Zhang p. 777
2022Corydalidae Martins et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderMegaloptera()
suborderNeomegaloptera
suborderEumegaloptera
familyCorydalidaeLeach 1815
familyCorydalidaeLeach 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.

Fm. Corydalidae Leach 1815 [dobsonfly]
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Subfm. Chauliodinae Davis 1903 [fishfly]
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G. Chauliodes Latreille 1796
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Chauliodes carsteni Wichard 2003
Chauliodes priscus Pictet and Hagen 1856
G. †Cretochaulus Ponomarenko 1976
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Cretochaulus lacustris Ponomarenko 1976
G. †Eochauliodes Liu et al. 2012
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Eochauliodes striolatus Liu et al. 2012
G. †Izyumochauliodes Prokin and Bashkuev 2023
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Izyumochauliodes aristovi Prokin and Bashkuev 2023
G. †Jurochauliodes Wang and Zhang 2010
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Jurochauliodes ponomarenkoi Wang and Zhang 2010
G. Nigronia Banks 1908
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Nigronia prussia Liu and Ansorge 2020
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
G. Corydalis Latreille 1802
G. †Cratocorydalopsis Jepson and Heads 2016
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Cratocorydalopsis brasiliensis Jepson and Heads 2016
G. †Lithocorydalus Jepson and Heads 2016
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Lithocorydalus fuscata Jepson and Heads 2016
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the MP 30 or 228.00000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 208.5 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Ukraine (Kharkiv) Izyumochauliodes aristovi (105057)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Jurochauliodes ponomarenkoi (113371) Jurochauliodes ponomarenkoi, Eochauliodes striolatus (117610)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Corydalis vetusta (123985)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Corydalis vetusta (139876)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) Corydalidae indet. (103654)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation Cretochaulus sp. (138145)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Cretochaulus lacustris (105536 105969)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (CearĂ¡) Cratocorydalopsis brasiliensis, Lithocorydalus fuscata (122557)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Corydalites fecundum (121286)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Chauliodes sp., Chauliodes carsteni (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Chauliodes prisca (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Chauliodes carsteni (110735 124468) Chauliodes sp. (123770) Nigronia prussia (155982)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Corydalis sp. (123945)