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American Dobsonflies
Corydalus
Corydalus is a genus of large flying insects in the Corydalidae family, commonly known as dobsonflies. They are endemic to North, Central and South America and there are about 35 known species. Members of the genus have wing lengths of up to 85 millimetres. They are sexually dimorphic, with the males having large mandibles used to grasp the females during mating while the females have smaller jaws. The larvae are known as hellgrammites and are aquatic...
39 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Eastern Dobsonfly
speciesCorydalus cornutus
Corydalus luteus
speciesCorydalus luteus
Corydalus flavicornis
speciesCorydalus flavicornis
Corydalus peruvianus
speciesCorydalus peruvianus
Western Dobsonfly
speciesCorydalus texanus
Corydalus armatus
speciesCorydalus armatus
Corydalus affinis
speciesCorydalus affinis
Corydalus australis
speciesCorydalus australis
Corydalus diasi
speciesCorydalus diasi
Corydalus magnus
speciesCorydalus magnus
Corydalus clauseni
speciesCorydalus clauseni
Corydalus batesii
speciesCorydalus batesii
Corydalus bidenticulatus
speciesCorydalus bidenticulatus
Corydalus hecate
speciesCorydalus hecate
Corydalus primitivus
speciesCorydalus primitivus
Corydalus nubilus
speciesCorydalus nubilus
Corydalus holzenthali
speciesCorydalus holzenthali
Corydalus cephalotes
speciesCorydalus cephalotes
Corydalus liui
speciesCorydalus liui
Corydalus ignotus
speciesCorydalus ignotus
Corydalus muzoensis
speciesCorydalus muzoensis
Corydalus colombianus
speciesCorydalus colombianus
Corydalus tridentatus
speciesCorydalus tridentatus
Corydalus parvus
speciesCorydalus parvus
Corydalus amazonas
speciesCorydalus amazonas
Corydalus longicornis
speciesCorydalus longicornis
Corydalus sophiae
speciesCorydalus sophiae
Corydalus ralphi
speciesCorydalus ralphi
Corydalus ecuadorianus
speciesCorydalus ecuadorianus
Corydalus tesselatus
speciesCorydalus tesselatus
Corydalus imperiosus
speciesCorydalus imperiosus
Corydalus arpi
speciesCorydalus arpi
Corydalus crossi
speciesCorydalus crossi
Corydalus flinti
speciesCorydalus flinti
Corydalus clavijoi
speciesCorydalus clavijoi
Corydalus mayri
speciesCorydalus mayri
Corydalus hayashii
speciesCorydalus hayashii
Corydalus neblinensis
speciesCorydalus neblinensis
Corydalus wanningeri
speciesCorydalus wanningeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47865.