Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Megaloptera
Familiae (2): Corydalidae - Sialidae

References

• Liu, X. et al. 2014: Revision of the Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) of Madagascar. Zootaxa 3796(2): 320–336. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.5 Reference page. 

• Liu, X-Y. 2019. Megaloptera of Canada. Pp 393–396 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.23948 Reference page. 

• Shcherbakov, D.E. 2013: Permian ancestors of Hymenoptera and Raphidioptera. ZooKeys 358: 45-67. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.358.6289 Reference page. 

• Villagomez, F. & Contreras-Ramos, A. 2017. First records of adult feeding in Megaloptera (Corydalidae, Corydalinae) from Mexico and their possible relationship with the increase in life span. Zootaxa 4341(2): 287–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.11. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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