Chloroniella
| Chloroniella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Megaloptera |
| Family: | Corydalidae |
| Genus: | Chloroniella Esben-Petersen, 1924 |
| Species: | C. peringueyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloroniella peringueyi Esben-Petersen, 1924 | |
Chloroniella is a monotypic genus of dobsonflies in the family Corydalidae endemic to South Africa.[1][2] The only species is Chloroniella peringueyi, the Cape dobsonfly.[1][3]
Distribution
Chloroniella is found in the Western Cape in South Africa.[1]
Taxonomy
A 2025 study made the following phylogeny using molecular techniques. It placed this genus as the most basal member of the subfamily Corydalinae (dobsonflies):[4]
| Corydalinae | |
Gallery
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References
- 1 2 3 "Cape Dobsonflies (Genus Chloroniella)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ Martins, Caleb Califre; Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2020-07-27). "Redescription of larva of the South African endemic dobsonfly genus Chloroniella Esben-Petersen, 1924 (Megaloptera, Corydalidae), with a proposed terminology for Corydalidae larval sclerites". Zootaxa. 4820 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ "Chloroniella peringueyi : Esben-Petersen 1924". GBIF. 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
- ↑ Wang, Wenye; Tian, Shuo; Wang, Zifan; Wang, Yuyu; Liu, Xingyue; Jiang, Yunlan (2025-11-10). "Mitogenomic Insights into Temperature Adaptation: A Comparative Study of the Subfamily Corydalinae Davis, 1903 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)". Insects. 16 (11): 1151. doi:10.3390/insects16111151. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 12653108. PMID 41302897.
External links
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