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==Systematics== There are about sixty species of dobsonflies.<ref name=sl/> Contreras-Ramos <ref name=cr1998>Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (1998). Systematics of the dobsonfly genus ''Corydalus'' Latreille (Megaloptera: Corydalidae). Thomas Say Monographs, Entomological Society of America. Lanham, MD. 360pp.</ref> suggests nine [[genera]] within Corydalinae, divided into four lineages. Working from "most basal" to "most derived" lineages, there are: * The Protohermes lineage, containing the genera ''[[Neurhermes]]'' and ''[[Protohermes]]'', distributed from [[Northwest India]] to Indonesia, China, and Japan. * The Chloroniella lineage, containing the monotypic genus ''[[Chloroniella]]'', found only in South Africa. * The Nevromus lineage, containing the genera ''[[Acanthacorydalis]]'', ''[[Nevromus]]'', and ''[[Neoneuromus]]'', distributed from Northwest India to Southeast Asia. * The Corydalus lineage, containing the genera ''[[Platyneuromus]]'', ''[[Chloronia]]'', and ''[[Corydalus]]'', distributed from southern Canada down to northern Argentina and south-east Brazil.
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