Ilyobius balticus Wichard 1997 (alderfly)

Insecta - Megaloptera - Sialidae

Alternative combinations: Ilyobius baltica, Sialis (Protosialis) baltica

Full reference: W. Wichard. 1997. Schlammfliegen aus Baltischem Bernstein (Megaloptera, Sialidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 80:197-211

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

See also Liu et al. 2015 and Wichard 1997

Sister taxa: Ilyobius cascus, Ilyobius herrlingi

Type specimen: Herrling Nr.Meg.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Herrling Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Herrling Collection)

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