First description of the larvae of the fishfly genus Anachauliodes Kimmins, 1954 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae)

Yuezheng Tu; Fumio Hayashi; Xingyue Liu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4700.2.6

First description of the larvae of the fishfly genus Anachauliodes Kimmins, 1954 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae)

Zootaxa. 2019 Nov 19;4700(2):zootaxa.4700.2.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.2.6.

Authors

Yuezheng Tu¹, Fumio Hayashi, Xingyue Liu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. user@example.com.

PMID: 32229985
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.2.6

Abstract

Anachauliodes Kimmins, 1954 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae) is a fishfly genus endemic to the Oriental Region with only one recognized species, Anachauliodes laboissierei (Navás, 1913). Currently, the immature stages of this genus are completely unknown. Here we describe the larvae of A. laboissierei for the first time. The larval characters, especially the strongly developed respiratory tubes on the abdominal segment VIII, support a close relationship between Anachauliodes and the eastern Nearctic Chauliodes Latreille, 1796.

Keywords: Megaloptera, Anachauliodes laboissierei, taxonomy, immature stage, molecular identification, respiratory tubes.

MeSH terms

Animals
Holometabola*
Insecta*
Larva