Welcome to Afrotropical Megaloptera

This site aims to organise and present all the taxonomic and systematic information relating to the Afrotropical Megaloptera in a user-friendly & collaborative manner.

Leptosialis africana Holotype SAM-MEG-A000041 (SAMC)

Leptosialis africana Holotype SAM-MEG-A000041 (SAMC)

Leptosialis africana specimen SAM-MEG-A000042 (SAMC)

Leptosialis africana specimen SAM-MEG-A000042 (SAMC)

Leptosialis necopinata Holotype GEN 2081A (AMGS)

Leptosialis necopinata Holotype GEN 2081A (AMGS)

Leptosialis necopinata paratype GEN 2081C (AMGS)

Leptosialis necopinata paratype GEN 2081C (AMGS)

Recent Pages

Introduction to the Megaloptera

Benjamin Price - 2011-01-30

The insect order Megaloptera is considered one of the most primitive of the holometabolous insec
Leptosialis africana

Benjamin Price - 2011-01-29

Recently Added Literature

Revision of the fishfly genus Platychauliodes Esben-Petersen (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) endemic to South Africa

Benjamin Price - 2012-11-03
A review of the alderfly genus Leptosialis Esben-Petersen (Megaloptera, Sialidae) with description of a new species from South Africa

Benjamin Price - 2012-11-03
On wings of lace: phylogeny and Bayesian divergence time estimates of Neuropterida (Insecta) based on morphological and molecular data

Benjamin Price - 2012-11-03

Recently Added Taxon Descriptions

Leptosialis africana Esben-Petersen, 1920

Benjamin Price - 2011-01-29