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Checklist for Order Megaloptera Latreille, 1802 (Alder Fly)
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Neuropterida
Aspöck, Gusenleithner & Malicky, 1999
11
85
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Megaloptera
Latreille, 1802
Alder Fly, Alderflies, Alderfly, And Fishflies, Fishflies
2
4
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Africa
2 Families width 9 Species
Corydalidae (Burmeister, 1839)Dobsonflies8SpeciesTaxom
Sialidae Leach, 1815Alderflies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Africa
4 Genera with 9 Species
Chloronia Banks, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Corydalus Linnaeus, 1903American Dobsonflies5SpeciesTaxom
Platyneuromus Weele, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Sialis Latreille, 1937Alderflies1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
9 Species
Chloronia mexicana Stitz, 1914Smoothfruit chewstick
Chloronia mirifica Navas, 1925
Corydalus armatus (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Corydalus luteus Hagen, 1861
Corydalus flavicornis Stitz, 1914
Corydalus luteus Hagen, 1861Heterosporous ferns
Corydalus magnus Contreras-Ramos, 1998
Corydalus peruvianus K. Davis, 1903
Platyneuromus soror (Hagen, 1861)⇒ Platyneuromus honduranus Navas, 1928
Sialis joppa Ross, 1937

Subnodes of Megaloptera with occurrences in West Africa
SuborderEumegaloptera
Riek, 1974
1
3
8
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomegaloptera
Engel, 2004
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Megaloptera (Latreille 1802)
Megaloptera (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Megaloptera at artfakta.se
Megaloptera at dyntaxa.se
Megaloptera at gbif.org
Megaloptera at gbif.org
Megaloptera at irmng.org
Megaloptera at irmng.org
Megaloptera at itis.gov