Published April 8, 2022 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Chloronia Banks 1908

  • 1. Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Departamento de Zoología, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
  • 2. Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, 91073 Veracruz, Mexico.
  • 3. Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, Texas 77843, USA.
  • 4. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.

Description

Genus Chloronia Banks, 1908

Chloronia Banks, 1908: 30 (as subgenus of Nevromus Rambur, 1842). Type species. Hermes corripiens Walker, 1860: 180 (by subsequent designation by van der Weele 1909: 252).

Included species

Chloronia absona Flint, 1992

Neotropical (Costa Rica).

Chloronia antilliensis Flint, 1970

Neotropical (Dominica, Guadeloupe (?)).

Chloronia banksiana Penny & Flint, 1982

Neotropical (Venezuela).

Chloronia bogotana van der Weele, 1909

Neotropical (Colombia, Bolivia (?), Ecuador (?), Peru (?), Venezuela (?)).

Chloronia convergens Contreras-Ramos, 1995

Neotropical (Ecuador).

Chloronia corripiens (Walker, 1860)

Hermes corripiens Walker, 1860

Corydalis livida Hagen, 1861 (unavailable)

Nevromus corripiens (Walker, 1860)

Nevromus winthemi Davis, 1903

Nevromus (Chloronia) corripiens (Walker, 1860)

Chloronia meridionalis van der Weele, 1909

Chloronia winthemi (Davis, 1903)

Chloronia ocellaris Navás, 1934a

Neotropical (Brazil).

Chloronia gaianii Contreras-Ramos, 2002

Neotropical (Venezuela).

Chloronia gloriosoi Penny & Flint, 1982

Neotropical (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama).

Chloronia hieroglyphica (Rambur, 1842)

Nevromus hieroglyphicus Rambur, 1842

Hermes hieroglyphicus (Rambur, 1842)

Corydalus hieroglyphicus (Rambur, 1842)

Nevromus (Chloronia) hieroglyphicus Rambur, 1842

Corydalis hieroglyphica (Rambur, 1842)

Neotropical (Argentina (?), Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama (?), Peru, Venezuela). Chloronia marthae Contreras-Ramos, 2002

Neotropical (Colombia, Venezuela).

Chloronia mexicana Stitz, 1914

Nearctic (Mexico); Neotropical (Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico).

Chloronia mirifica Navás, 1925a Chloronia hieratica Navás, 1928a

Neotropical (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela).

Chloronia osae Flint, 1992

Neotropical (Costa Rica).

Chloronia pallida (Davis, 1903)

Nevromus pallidus Davis, 1903

Corydalis cornuta f. pallida (Davis, 1903)

Corydalus pallidus (Davis, 1903)

Neotropical (Mexico).

Chloronia pennyi Contreras-Ramos, 2000

Neotropical (Brazil).

Chloronia plaumanni Penny & Flint, 1982

Neotropical (Brazil).

Chloronia yungas Contreras-Ramos, 2006a

Neotropical (Bolivia, Peru).

Chloronia zacapa Contreras-Ramos, 1995

Neotropical (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua).

Notes

Published as part of Martins, Caleb C., Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Rivera-Gasperín, Sara Lariza, Oswald, John D., Liu, Xingyue & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2022, A world checklist of extant and extinct species of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida), pp. 1-93 in European Journal of Taxonomy 812 (1) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.812.1727, http://zenodo.org/record/6448732

Files

Files (565 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:bf9191448bde5442ad9c30610cc5cfd3
565 Bytes Download

System files (43.7 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:fe2f31b8bf8303c6e11740dcd7b9449e
43.7 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

References

  • Banks N. 1908. On the classification of the Corydalinae, with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 27 - 30.
  • Rambur J. P. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insectes, Nevropteres. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret, Fain et Thunot, Paris.
  • Walker F. 1860. Characters of undescribed Neuroptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 10: 176 - 199. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1860. tb 01844. x
  • van der Weele H. W. 1909. New genera and species of Megaloptera Latr. Notes from the Leyden Museum 30: 249 - 264. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 42356557 [accessed 20 Apr. 2021].
  • Flint O. S. Jr. 1992. A review of the genus Chloronia in Costa Rica, with the description of two new species (Neuropterida: Megaloptera: Corydalidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105: 801 - 809.
  • Flint O. S. Jr. 1970. The Megaloptera of Dominica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72: 240 - 242.
  • Penny N. D. & Flint O. S. Jr. 1982. A revision of the genus Chloronia (Neuroptera: Corydalidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 348: 1 - 27. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.348
  • Contreras-Ramos A. 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: 108 - 114. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1467727
  • Davis K. C. 1903. Sialididae of North America. Bulletin of the New York State Museum 68: 442 - 487.
  • Navas L. 1934 a. Insectos suramericanos. Octava [VIII] serie. Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias exactas, fisicas y naturales de Madrid 31: 9 - 28.
  • Contreras-Ramos A. 2002. Six new species of dobsonflies from Venezuela (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Corydalinae). Aquatic Insects 24: 55 - 75. https: // doi. org / 10.1076 / aqin. 24.1.55.4909
  • Stitz H. 1914. Sialiden der Sammlung des Berliner Museums. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1914: 191 - 205.
  • Navas L. 1925 a. Insectos exoticos nuevos o poco conocidos. Segunda [II] serie. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona 19 (3): 181 - 200.
  • Navas L. 1928 a. Insectos del Museo de Estocolmo. Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias exactas fisicas y naturales de Madrid 24: 28 - 39.
  • Contreras-Ramos A. 2000. A new species of Chloronia Banks (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) from southeastern Brazil, with a key to the species of Brazil. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102: 919 - 923.
  • Contreras-Ramos A. 2006 a. A new species of Chloronia Banks (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) from Bolivia and Peru. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108: 808 - 813.