Definition of Sialidae

1. Noun. An arthropod family including: alderflies.

Exact synonyms: Family Sialidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Megaloptera, Suborder Megaloptera
Member holonyms: Genus Sialis, Sialis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialidae

Shuha
Shuha Shinto
Shui Xian
Shuli
Shulman
Shumard oak
Shumard red oak
Shumen
Shute
Shwachman syndrome
Shwartzman reaction
Shyla
Shylock
Sia
Sialia
Sialidae
Sialis
Sialis lutaria
Siam
Siamese
Siamese cat
Siamese cats
Siamese fighting fish
Siamese twin
Siamese twins
Siameses
Siamization
Sian
Siatista
Siau Island

Literary usage of Sialidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Science of Fly Fishing and Spinning by Frederick George Shaw (1915)
"... Stone Fly)—The sialidae (the Alder)—The Diptera—When and where to use these flies—Fly boxes and their use—Flies—The May Fly—On the patterns of Flies—The ..."

2. Dry Fly Entomology: A Brief Description of Leading Types of Natural Insects by Frederic Michael Halford (1897)
"... Chapter IV. with the Alder (sialidae), and Chapter V. with the Diptera and other insects serving as food for the Salmonidae in the rivers. ..."

3. ... Report of the United States Entomological Commission by United States Entomological commission (1883)
"... form from the sialidae to the Trichoptera. The mouth-parts are free and the mandibles well developed, except in the Trichoptera, where the mandibles are ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"In the forms upon which the study is chiefly based, — the Plecoptera, the Orthop- tera, and the Neuroptera (sialidae),—the ..."

5. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"... and suggest affinities with the Lepidoptera; on the other hand, the anal legs of the larvae with hooked claws resemble those of the sialidae. ..."

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