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Definition of Megaloptera
1. Noun. In some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Neuroptera, Order Neuroptera
Member holonyms: Corydalidae, Family Corydalidae, Family Sialidae, Sialidae, Family Raphidiidae, Raphidiidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megaloptera
Literary usage of Megaloptera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Book of Insects: With Special Reference to Those of Northeastern by Frank Eugene Lutz (1918)
"Less than a hundred species have been described from North America. Megaloptera
This "pigeon-hole" in the classification of insects contains the former ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"... also he considers the Chinese variety almost identical. The l>»tan bird is at
present shown to be the same ;- tin- P. megaloptera.— Adam». ..."
3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1869)
"bot. Ges. in of which the Strepsiptera are placed fourth. The others are
Megaloptera (including the whole of the Planipennia), ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by East India Company Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield (1858)
"Pica megaloptera, Blyth, JAS Beng. XI. p. 193 (1842). ... (P. megaloptera, Blyth).
Bootan. From the Asiatic Society of Bengal. ..."
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