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Megaloptera (alderfly)
Taxonomy
Megaloptera was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
It was reranked as the order Megaloptera by Bode (1953), Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Peters et al. (2014), Misof et al. (2014), Engel et al. (2018) and Martins et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Insecta by Bode (1953); to Eidoneuroptera by Engel et al. (2018); and to Neuropterida by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Peters et al. (2014), Misof et al. (2014) and Martins et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the order Megaloptera by Bode (1953), Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Peters et al. (2014), Misof et al. (2014), Engel et al. (2018) and Martins et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Insecta by Bode (1953); to Eidoneuroptera by Engel et al. (2018); and to Neuropterida by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Peters et al. (2014), Misof et al. (2014) and Martins et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1861 | Sialodea Hagen p. 187 |
| 1953 | Megaloptera Bode |
| 1992 | Sialodea Carpenter |
| 2004 | Megaloptera Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence |
| 2013 | Siarapha Shcherbakov |
| 2014 | Megaloptera Misof et al. |
| 2014 | Megaloptera Peters et al. |
| 2018 | Megaloptera Engel et al. |
| 2022 | Megaloptera Martins et al. p. 13 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available