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Dobsonfly (male)

Corydalus sp.

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

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.

This one was seen on a sheet under a night light in mountain terrane at Rancho Naturalista.

Habitat:

Primary pre-montane Caribbean slope rainforest at 2970ft (900m)

Reference Links:

Corydalus

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
pamsai
Thanks bayucca. I thought I recognized this fellow! Merged the spottings and copied your comment over.
pamsai
thanks ForestDragon and Doren B...
pamsai
copied from duplicated spotting... I think this is a male dobsonfly from the genus Corydalus similar to Corydalus cornutus, the Eastern Dobsonfly from US. Unfortunately there is not much info about the ones from Costa Rica. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corydalus_c... Please, verify. I might be wrong, the antennae are some kind shorter than usually seen (?). At first sight it reminds me also to a fishfly...
bayucca
Corydalus sp., same one like this I would say... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43565145
Doren B
This is one of the Corydalinae (Dobsonflies) but I am not familiar with the species in your area. You may want to look at this reference: http://tolweb.org/images/Corydalinae/12999 or search for corydalus or corydalinae here at Project Noah.
ForestDragon
Beautiful male Dobsonfly! Not sure of the species though. :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Insects of Costa Rica
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedOctober 24, 2013

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