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Chloronia yungas
Chloronia yungas is a species of dobsonfly found in Bolivia and Peru.
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Description
Chloronia yungas has a somewhat long dark posterolateral marking, so it resembles other species with dark posterolateral dark markings on the head, i.e. the two species C. pennyi and C. gaianii. C. bogotana is distinguished by having a continuous unbroken posterolateral marking on the head (it is broken up in C. yungas). Other species may have other types of posterolateral markings such as dots or brownish bands, but the short and wide band in C. glorosoi is perhaps most similar of the remaining species. None of the species mentioned are completely similar in pattern, however, and may be distinguished by comparing figures from different publications. C. yungas is also readily distinguished via the male genitalia and the 9th sternite of the male.
What it does
Chloronia yungas seemingly prefers montane forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes at an elevation from 1,000–1,600 meters.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
In human culture
The specific epithet "yungas" is derived from Las Yungas, which is contains one of the localities from which some of the type specimens were collected.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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