Eosialis dorisi Nel et al. 2002 (alderfly)

Insecta - Megaloptera - Sialidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. Menier, G. De Ploeg, G. Hodebert, and L. Danvin. 2002. Eosialis, a new alderfly genus in French Lowermost Eocene amber (Insecta, Megaloptera, Sialidae). Geobios 35:313-319

Belongs to Eosialis according to C. C. Martins et al. 2022

See also Liu et al. 2015 and Nel et al. 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PA 2285, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy

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