†Sialis muratensis Nel 1988 (alderfly)
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Insecta - Megaloptera - Sialidae
Full reference: A. Nel. 1988. Les Sialidae (Megaloptera) fossiles des diatomites de Murat (Cantal, France) et de Bes-Konak (Anatolie, Turquie). Neuroptera International 5(1):39-44
Belongs to Sialis according to C. C. Martins et al. 2022
See also Liu et al. 2015 and Nel 1988
Sister taxa: Sialis groehni, Sialis strausi, Sialis voigti
Type specimen: MNHN IPMR 07714, a forewing. Its type locality is Sainte-Reine, Foufouilloux outcrop (MNHN collection), which is in a Messinian crater lake marl in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sainte-Reine, Foufouilloux outcrop (MNHN collection)
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