The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Megaloptera

(dobsonflies, fishflies, helgrammites)

 

 corydalus

CORYDALIDAE

Corydalus sp.

 

Species reported
          from Texas:

 

 


Corydalus cornutus

Corydalus luteus

 

 

 
Distribution Citations*

1971 Kent

1980 Lind & Bane
1982 Cambell & Clark
1983 Slack & Marcy
1985 Davis & Cook
1986 McCullough
1989 Ziser

1991 Whiteside & Arsuffi
1992 Miles
1994 Decanini
1995 Kane

 

1996 Hansen
1998 Cover & Harrel
[1998 Drees & Jackman]
1998 Moring Rosendale
         Ansley Brown
1999 City of Austin

[2000 Abbott]
2000 Halloran
2002 Moring
2003 Moring

 

notes:
*dobsonflies; larvae referred to as helgrammites; large, can be over 2" long (Drees & Jackman 1998)

*3 widespread species in Texas (Abbott 2000)

*refs are for reports of genus only; species refs not included here; [ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated
copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser 
                          2010

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