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Definition of Sialis lutaria
1. Noun. Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae.
Generic synonyms: Neuropteran, Neuropteron, Neuropterous Insect
Group relationships: Genus Sialis, Sialis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialis Lutaria
Literary usage of Sialis lutaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomologisk Tidskrift by Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm (1888)
"Jag får bekänna, att jag aldrig försökt göra detta med sialis lutaria och vågar
högeligen ... sialis lutaria. Huruvida den åter fullt lämpar sig till ..."
2. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"The ordinary species (sialis lutaria Linn.), is a well- known bait with the
angler, being produced in the spring months in great quantities. ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (1864)
"E. sialis lutaria, L.—One $ , Cintra, 27th April, in the ordinary condition.
There is also one $ from near ..."
4. Dry Fly Entomology: A Brief Description of Leading Types of Natural Insects by Frederic Michael Halford (1897)
"For all purposes to be served here, the two species may be treated as if they
were identical, and as sialis lutaria is certainly the more plentiful in our ..."
5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"... Cyprinus carpio; the larval form is found, according to Villot,1 encysted in
the fat bodies of the larva of sialis lutaria, one of the Neuroptera, ..."