Megaloptera

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Megaloptera
Familiae (2): Corydalidae – Sialidae

Name

Megaloptera Latreille, 1802: 289

References

Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Archibald, S.B. & Makarkin, V.N. 2015. The second genus and species of the extinct neuropteroid family Corydasialidae, from early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada: do they belong to Megaloptera? Zootaxa 4040(5): 569–575. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.5. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Liu, X., Price, B.W., Hayashi, F., de Moor, F. & Yang, D. 2014. Revision of the Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) of Madagascar. Zootaxa 3796(2): 320–336. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.5 Reference page.
Liu, X. 2019. Megaloptera of Canada. Pp 393–396 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.23948 Reference page.
Martins, C.C., Ardila-Camacho, A., Rivera-Gasperín, S.L., Oswald, J.D., Liu, X. & Contreras-Ramos, A. 2022. A world checklist of extant and extinct species of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida). European Journal of Taxonomy 812(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.812.1727 . Reference page.
Shcherbakov, D.E. 2013. Permian ancestors of Hymenoptera and Raphidioptera. ZooKeys 358: 45–67. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.358.6289 . Reference page.
Villagomez, F. & Contreras-Ramos, A. 2017. First records of adult feeding in Megaloptera (Corydalidae, Corydalinae) from Mexico and their possible relationship with the increase in life span. Zootaxa 4341(2): 287–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.11. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Schlammmugge
беларуская: Віслакрылыя
čeština: Střechatky
Deutsch: Schlammfliegen
eesti: Suurtiivalised
日本語: ヘビトンボ目 (広翅目)
한국어: 뱀잠자리목 (광시목)
中文: 廣翅目

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