Chloronia mirifica
| Chloronia mirifica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Megaloptera |
| Family: | Corydalidae |
| Genus: | Chloronia |
| Species: | C. mirifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloronia mirifica Navás, 1925 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chloronia hieratica Navás, 1928 | |
Chloronia mirifica is an insect in the family Corydalidae. It occurs in the Neotropical realm.[2]
Description
This species keys out based on the following characters: the head has two dark spots posteriorly, the antennae are pale and not infuscate, posterior margin of the male ninth sternum produced into distinct elongate lobes, tenth tergite straight and at least twice as long as ninth gonostylus, the ninth gonostylus is slightly narrowed basally, and the tenth gonostylus is very broad basally, tapering to a sharp point.[3]
The length of the male forewing is 29–40 mm and the forewing length of the female is 25–42 mm.[3]
Biology
It is the most widely distributed species in the genus and may be the most commonly encountered Chloronia species in Costa Rica.[2][4] It is associated with tropical climates with semi-warm to warm temperatures that experience hig rainfall. It is mainly found from May to October.[3]
This species is associated with the following five hydro-ecoregions (WWF ID-numbers are given):[5]
- Quintana Roo – Motagua (202)
- Upper Usumacinta (174)
- Grijalva – Usumacinta (173)
- Coatzacoalcos (172)
- Papaloapan (171
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 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). Bibcode:2022EJTax.812.1727M. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.812.1727. ISSN 2118-9773.
- 1 2 3 Penny, N. D.; Flint, Oliver S. (1982). "A Revision of the Genus Chloronia (Neuroptera: Corydalidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (348): 1–27. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.348. ISSN 0081-0282.
- ↑ Flint, Oliver S. (1992). "A Review of the Genus Chloronia in Costa Rica, with the Description of two New Species (Neuropterida: Megaloptera: Corydalidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 105 (4): 801–809.
- ↑ Álvarez, Hugo A.; Rivas-Soto, Miguel A. (2023-07-03). "Potential geographic distribution and ecological niche of New World dobsonflies (Megaloptera: Corydalidae): the case of the Nearctic-Neotropical transition zone". Aquatic Insects. 44 (3): 182–194. Bibcode:2023AqIns..44..182A. doi:10.1080/01650424.2022.2109678. ISSN 0165-0424.