A new alderfly in Baltic amber (Megaloptera, Sialidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Baltic amber alderfly

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3513

By

Wichard, Wilfried, 1944-

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2006

Notes

Title from caption.

"May 17, 2006."

A new species of alderfly (Megaloptera: Sialidae) is described and figured from a rare adult specimen preserved in middle Eocene (Lutetian) Baltic amber. Sialis (Protosialis) voigti, new species, is distinguished from the two other species of Protosialis recorded from Baltic amber. The Megaloptera documented from Baltic amber are briefly overviewed and the geological history of Sialidae summarized.

Subjects

Alderflies , Amber fossils , Baltic Sea Region , Eocene , Insects, Fossil , Megaloptera , Neuroptera, Fossil , Paleontology , Sialis (Protosialis) voigti

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3513 2006

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3513[1:ANAIBA]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 68966752