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Sialidae (alderfly)

Insecta - Megaloptera - Sialidae

Taxonomy
Sialidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Sialis.

It was assigned to Nothomegaloptera by Engel (2004); and to Megaloptera by Nel et al. (2004) and Martins et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Sialidae Leach p. 139
1920Dobbertiniidae Handlirsch p. 198
1939Dobbertiniidae Handlirsch p. 91
1978Dobbertiniidae Willmann p. 12
2004Sialidae Engel
2004Sialidae Nel et al.
2022Sialidae Martins et al. p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderMegaloptera()
suborderNeomegaloptera
infraorderNothomegaloptera
familySialidae
familySialidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Sialidae Leach 1815 [alderfly]
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Subfm. †Sharasialinae Liu et al. 2015
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G. †Sharasialis Ponomarenko 2012
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†Sharasialis fusiformis Ponomarenko 2012
Subfm. Sialinae Leach 1815
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G. Austrosialis Tillyard 1919
G. †Dobbertinia Handlirsch 1920
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†Dobbertinia reticulata Handlirsch 1920
G. †Eosialis Nel et al. 2002
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†Eosialis dorisi Nel et al. 2002
G. †Haplosialodes Huang et al. 2016
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†Haplosialodes liui Huang et al. 2016
G. Ilyobius Enderlein 1910
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†Ilyobius balticus Wichard 1997
†Ilyobius cascus Engel and Grimaldi 2007
†Ilyobius herrlingi Wichard 2002
G. Indosialis Lestage 1927
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G. †Proindosialis Nel 1988
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G. †Protosialis Weele 1909
G. Sialis Latreille 1802
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†Sialis groehni Wichard 1997
†Sialis muratensis Nel 1988
†Sialis strausi Illies 1967
†Sialis voigti Wichard and Engel 2006
Invalid names: Dobbertiniidae Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 228.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 208.5 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Ukraine (Kharkiv) Sialidae indet. (105057)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Dobbertinia reticulata (123987)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Sharasialis fusiformis (104748)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Haplosialodes liui (161726 167760) Sialidae indet. (111688)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eosialis dorisi (123850)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Australia (Queensland) Austrosialis sp. (139941)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Sialidae indet. (123767)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Sialidae indet. (123771) Sialis baltica, Sialis herrlingi (123770) Sialis groehni (110735) Sialis herrlingi (124468) Sialis voigti (123773 124370)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Turkey Indosialis beskonakensis (123307)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Sialis casca (124231)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) Sialidae indet. (224044)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Sialis sp. (113893)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Ardeche) Sialidae indet. (122194)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Sialis muratensis, Proindosialis cantalensis (122195)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Sialis strausi (109196)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Sialis sp. (163070)