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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2014-07-28
Page range: 446–450
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First record of rare dobsonfly species Acanthacorydalis asiatica (Wood-Mason, 1884) (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Corydalinae) in Myanmar

Institute of Ecological Problems of the North, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Severnaya Dvina Emb. 23, 163000 Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Maha Sarakham University, 44150 Maha Sarakham, Thailand
Megaloptera Corydalidae Corydalinae

Abstract

The species in the dobsonfly genus Acanthacorydalis van der Weele, 1907 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Corydalinae) are some of the largest freshwater insects in the World. It is a small genus occurring only in Asia and currently comprises eight species, seven of which are restricted to the Oriental Realm (Glorioso 1981; Liu et al. 2005; Yang & Liu 2010; Cao & Liu 2013). Six species are known from China (four considered endemic), two from India, and two species occur in Vietnam (Liu et al. 2005; Yang & Liu 2010; Letardi et al. 2012). Glorioso (1981) noted that the geographical range of the genus extended from northeastern India to Vietnam. No records of Acanthacorydalis are currently available from Myanmar.