<strong>Description of last-instar larva of <em>Corydalus nubilus </em>Erichson, 1848 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) and notes on its bionomics</strong>

CARLOS A.S. DE AZEVÊDO; NEUSA HAMADA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1177.1.6

Issue: Vol. 1177 No. 1: 21 Apr. 2006

Type: Articles

Published: 2006-04-21

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1177.1.6

Page range: 57–68

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**Description of last-instar larva of Corydalus nubilus Erichson, 1848 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) and notes on its bionomics**

CARLOS A.S. DE AZEVÊDO⁺⁻
NEUSA HAMADA⁺⁻

Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias - CESC/UEMA, Praça Duque de Caxias, s/n Morro do Alecrim, CEP 65604-380 Caxias, MA. Divisão de Curso em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus, AM, Brazil

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil

Megaloptera Amazonia Aquatic insects Neotropical streams

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Abstract

Corydalus nubilus Erichson, 1848 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) is a dobsonfly species with Amazonian distribution. Only its adult stage is known. In this study we provide the first description of the last-instar larva of this species and notes on the bionomics of the larvae and adults.

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