Chloronia zacapa
| Chloronia zacapa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Megaloptera |
| Family: | Corydalidae |
| Genus: | Chloronia |
| Species: | C. zacapa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloronia zacapa Contreras-Ramos, 1995 | |
Chloronia zacapa is a species of dobsonfly found in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.[1]
Description
This species is most similar to Chloronia absona, however Chloronia zacapa has a dark spot in the R cell, which is not present in Chloronia absona. The tenth tergites, which in this group appear like long projections that have evolved to be a part of the male genitalia, are almost L-shaped, while those of Chloronia absona are only moderately bent.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet "zacapa" is the same as the province Zacapa where the type specimens were collected. It is most likely of Nahuatl origin and approximately means "on the river of grass".[2]
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 Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (March 1995). "New Species of Chloronia from Ecuador and Guatemala, with a Key to the Species in the Genus (Megaloptera:Corydalidae)". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 14 (1): 108–114. doi:10.2307/1467727. ISSN 0887-3593. JSTOR 1467727.