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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