Acanthacorydalis orientalis
| Acanthacorydalis orientalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Megaloptera |
| Family: | Corydalidae |
| Genus: | Acanthacorydalis |
| Species: | A. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthacorydalis orientalis (McLachlan, 1899) | |
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Acanthacorydalis orientalis is a species of giant dobsonfly endemic to China.[2] It is considered the most basal member of Acanthacorydalis.[3]
Biology
This is the most common species of Acanthacorydalis in China and therefore also the best known. However, pollution of rivers and construction of hydroelectric dams are posing a significant threat to the populations of this species. It has completely disappeared from some areas from which it was previously known.[2]
The larvae are found under large rocks in fast-flowing, well-oxygenated rivers.[4]
Taxonomy
This is a phylogeny of the Chinese Acanthacorydalis species (except A. asiatica), following the most parsimonious tree in Liu et al., 2005.[3]
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References
- ↑ Martins, Caleb C.; Ardila-Camacho, Adrian; Rivera-Gasperín, Sara Lariza; Oswald, John D.; Liu, Xingyue; Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2022-04-08). "A world checklist of extant and extinct species of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida)". European Journal of Taxonomy (812): 1727. Bibcode:2022EJTax.812.1727M. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.812.1727. ISSN 2118-9773.
- 1 2 Cao, Chengquan; Liu, Xingyue (2013-07-18). "Description of the final-instarlarva and pupa of Acanthacorydalis orientalis (McLachlan, 1899) (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) with some life history notes". Zootaxa. 3691 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
- 1 2 Liu, Xing Yue; Yang, Ding; Ge, Si Qin; Yang, Xing Ke (July 2005). "Phylogenetic review of the Chinese species of Acanthacorydalis (Megaloptera, Corydalidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 34 (4): 373–387. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00197.x. ISSN 0300-3256.
- ↑ Zou, Mingming; Lin, Aili; Cao, Lijun; Wei, Shujun; Hayashi, Fumio; Yang, Ding; Liu, Xingyue (January 2026). "Comparative phylogeography reveals the Qinling–Daba Mountains as a key dispersal corridor for Oriental–Palaearctic megalopteran species". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 64 (1): 156–173. doi:10.1111/jse.70056. ISSN 1674-4918.