Sialidae

Protosialis americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Megaloptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Neuropterida Ordo: Megaloptera

Familia: Sialidae
Genera (10): Austrosialis – Caribesialis – Haplosialodes – Ilyobius – Indosialis – Leptosialis – Nipponosialis – Protosialis – Sialis – Stenosialis

Name

Sialidae Leach, 1815

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Archangelsky, M., Pessacq, P. & Berrondo, M. 2017. Description of the larva of Ilyobius chilensis (McLachlan) (Megaloptera: Sialidae) and notes on the adult morphology. Zootaxa 4318(1): 177–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.10. Reference page. 
• Liu, X., Hayashi, F. & Yang, D. 2015. Taxonomic notes of the Neotropical alderfly genus Ilyobius Enderlein, 1910 (Megaloptera, Sialidae), with description of a new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62(1): 55–63. DOI: 10.3897/dez.62.4481. Reference page. 
• Liu, X., Lu, X., Xia, F. & Wang, B. 2017. First description of female of Haplosialodes liui Huang et al., 2016 (Megaloptera: Sialidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4254(5): 593–598. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.5.9. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schlammfliegen
English: Alderfly
日本語: センブリ科
Nederlands: Elzenvliegen
中文: 泥蛉科

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