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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera)

Order Megaloptera - Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Brown gossamer winged moth - Chauliodes pectinicornis Antlion - Chauliodes rastricornis Summer Fishfly - Chauliodes pectinicornis unknown insect - Corydalus cornutus - female Eastern Dobsonfly - Corydalus cornutus - male Corydalus texanus ? - Orohermes crepusculus - female Megalopteran larva - Nigronia serricornis Neohermes concolor
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly treated as a part of Neuroptera
Explanation of Names
Greek megalo 'large, great' + pteron 'wing'
Numbers
43 spp. in 8 genera of 2 families in our area(1)(2)
Identification
key to larvae & adults of the eastern spp.(3)
Life Cycle
Holometabolous, complete metamorphosis. Larva may take 1 to 5 years to complete development.
See Also
other Neuropterida: Raphidioptera, Neuroptera
Print References
(4)(5)
Internet References
(6)
Tree of Life
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico
Penny N.D., Adams P.A., Stange L.A. 1997. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 39‒114.
2.Neuropterida Species of the World catalogue (by J.D. Oswald)
3.Bright E. (2002-2011) Aquatic Insects of Michigan
4.A preliminary survey of the Megaloptera of Oklahoma
Arnold D.C., Drew W.A. 1987. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 67: 23-26.
5.Alderflies, fishflies and dobsonflies (Insecta: Megaloptera) of the Interior Highlands, U.S.A.
David E. Bowles and Robert W. Sites. 2015. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 141. Issue 3, pp. 405-429.
6.Beckemeyer R.J. Neuropterida (Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera) of Kansas
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 October, 2008 - 8:33pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Edward Ruden, PaleoJon
Last updated 16 November, 2020 - 9:29pm

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