Nigronia serricornis

Nigronia serricornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Megaloptera
Family: Corydalidae
Genus: Nigronia
Species:
N. serricornis
Binomial name
Nigronia serricornis
(Say, 1824)

Nigronia serricornis has many common names including hellgrammites or fishflies or saw-combed fishflies. The genus Nigronia has one other North American member N. fasciatus and South American which lives in much of the same territory and is quite similar in all regards.[1] They are holometabolous insects with an aquatic larval stage.[2] N. serricornis is a common inhabitant of woodland streams in North America and they are often the largest insect predator found in 2nd and 3rd order streams. The larvae are a sit-and -wait ambush predators that feed on a large variety of invertebrates.[3] Studies have shown that N. serricornis has a varying diet throughout the seasons.[4]

  1. ^ Tarter; Watkins and Little (16 February 1975). "Life History of the Fishfly, Nigronia fasciatus (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 82: 81–88. doi:10.1155/1975/51081. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ^ Pennuto; Stewart (23 November 2000). "Oviposition Site Preference and Factors Influencing Egg Mass Characteristics of the Saw-Combed Fishfly (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) in Southern Maine". Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 16 (2): 209–217. doi:10.1080/02705060.2001.9663805.
  3. ^ Pennuto, Christopher (15 April 2003). "Seasonal Differences in Predator-prey Behavior in Experimental Streams". The American Midland Naturalist. 150 (2): 254–267. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2003)150[0254:SDIPBI]2.0.CO;2.
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