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Alderflies
Sialinae
Alderflies are megalopteran insects of the family Sialidae. They are closely related to the dobsonflies and fishflies as well as to the prehistoric Euchauliodidae. All living alderflies – about 66 species all together – are part of the subfamily Sialinae, which contains nine extant genera.Sialis lutaria is the commonest alderfly in the United Kingdom and across much of Europe.
9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Holarctic Alderflies
genusSialis
Protosialis
genusProtosialis
Stenosialis
genusStenosialis
Neotropical Alderflies
genusIlyobius
Indomalayan Alderflies
genusIndosialis
Leptosialis
genusLeptosialis
Malagasy Alderflies
genusHaplosialis
Austrosialis
genusAustrosialis
Caribesialis
genusCaribesialis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 712135.