MEGALOPTERA
(alderflies)

MEGALOPTERA (alderflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MEGALOPTERA (alderflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderMEGALOPTERA (alderflies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MEGALOPTERA (alderflies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Elliott, J.M. 1996 Freshwater Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Britain and Ireland: Keys to adults and larvae, and a review of their ecology 73pp
Hackston, M. Order Megaloptera key to British species
Jepson, J.E. 2023 Lacewings and their Allies
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Plant, C.W. 1997 A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their allies AIDGAP, 90pp, Field Studies Council

Larvae

Chadd, R. 2007 Module 2: Rapid identification of species (and recognition of distinctive taxa) https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

MEGALOPTERA (alderflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MEGALOPTERA (alderflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 11 images of MEGALOPTERA (alderflies)
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