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Alderflies are
megalopteran insects of the
family Sialidae. They are
closely related to the
dobsonflies and
fishflies as well as to the
prehistoric Euchauliodidae...
- some 6,000 species.
Neuroptera is
grouped together with the
Megaloptera (
alderflies, fishflies, and dobsonflies) and
Raphidioptera (snakeflies) in the unranked...
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Superorder Neuropterida Order Raphidioptera (snakeflies)
Order Megaloptera (
alderflies, etc.)
Order Neuroptera (net-veined insects)
Superorder Coleopterida Order...
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Megaloptera is an
order of insects. It
contains the
alderflies,
dobsonflies and fishflies, and
there are
about 300
known species. The order's name comes...
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Odonata -
dragonflies and
damselflies Plecoptera -
stoneflies Megaloptera -
alderflies, fishflies, and
dobsonflies Neuroptera -
lacewings Coleoptera - beetles...
- water.
Larvae of
dobsonflies differ from
those of
their sister clade, the
alderflies, in that they bear
eight pairs of
lateral processes as well as anal prolegs...
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Raphidioptera (snakeflies)
Neuroptera (lacewings,
alderflies, and allies)...
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clade contains the
orders Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions),
Megaloptera (
alderflies, dobsonflies), and
Raphidioptera (snakeflies), and
includes over 5,700...
- distantly-related groups,
namely the dragonflies, mayflies, stoneflies,
alderflies and lacewings. The
ancestors of all
these groups were terrestrial, with...
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nymphs and
adults on the
water surface.
Carnivorous stonefly, caddisfly,
alderfly and
dragonfly larvae feed on bottom-dwelling
mayfly nymphs, as do aquatic...
