Difference between revisions of "AY Honors/Insect/Raphidioptera"

Revision as of 14:39, 24 February 2006

Snakeflies (order Raphidioptera) are a group of insect, under subclass Pterygota.

Raphidioptera is characterized by having an elongate prothorax but no modification of the forelegs (as in Mantispidae). The two families of snakeflies are the Raphidiidae and Inocellidae.

Family Inocelliidae
- Genus Inocellia
  - Inocellia crassicornis
- Genus Negha
- Negha inflata
- Negha meridionalis
Family Raphidiidae
- Genus Agulla
  - Agulla adnixa
- Genus Dichrostigma
  - Dichrostigma flavipes
- Genus Mongoloraphidia
  - Mongoloraphidia manasiana
- Genus Phaeostigma
  - Phaeostigma major
  - Phaeostigma notata
- GenusSubilla
  - Subilla confinis

External links

Tree of Life project page

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Taxobox_begin | color=pink | name=Snakefly}}
+{{Taxobox
-{{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
+| color = pink
-{{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
+| name = Snakefly
-{{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropod]]a}}
+| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
-{{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Insecta]]}}
+| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
-{{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Pterygota]]}}
+| classis = [[Insecta]]
-{{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
+| subclassis = [[Pterygota]]
-{{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
+| infraclassis = [[Neoptera]]
-{{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = '''Raphidioptera'''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Anton Handlirsch|Handlirsch]] | date = 1908}}
+| superordo = [[Neuroptera]]
-{{Taxobox_end_placement}}
+| ordo = '''Raphidioptera'''
-{{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Families]]}}
+| ordo_authority = [[Anton Handlirsch|Handlirsch]], 1908
-''See text''
+| subdivision_ranks = [[Families]]
-{{Taxobox_end}}
+| subdivision =
+[[Inocellidae]]<br>
+[[Raphidiidae]]
+}}
-'''Snakeflies''' ([[Scientific classification|order]] '''Raphidioptera''') are a group of [[insect]], under [[subclass]] [[Pterygota]].
+'''Snakeflies''' ([[Scientific classification|order]] '''Raphidioptera''') are a group of [[insect]], under [[Subclass (biology)|subclass]] [[Pterygota]].
-Raphidioptera is characterized by having an elongate prothorax but no modification of the forelegs (as in Mantispidae). The two families of snakeflies in the United States are Raphidiidae and Inocellidae.
+Raphidioptera is characterized by having an elongate prothorax but no modification of the forelegs (as in Mantispidae). The two families of snakeflies  are the Raphidiidae and Inocellidae.
+* Family [[Inocelliidae]]
+**Genus ''Inocellia''
+***''Inocellia crassicornis''
+** Genus ''Negha''
+**''Negha inflata''
+**''Negha meridionalis''
+* Family [[Raphidiidae]]
+**Genus ''Agulla''
+***''Agulla adnixa''
+**Genus ''Dichrostigma''
+***''Dichrostigma flavipes''
+**Genus ''Mongoloraphidia''
+***''Mongoloraphidia manasiana''
+**Genus ''Phaeostigma''
+***''Phaeostigma major''
+***''Phaeostigma notata''
+**Genus''Subilla''
+***''Subilla confinis''
 ==External links==
 *[http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Raphidioptera Tree of Life project page]
+==Further reading==
+*Aspock, H. 2002. The biology of Raphidioptera: A review of present knowledge. ''Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae'' 48 (suppl 2) 35-50.
+*Carpenter, F.M. 1936. Revision of the nearctic Raphidiodea (recent and fossil). ''Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci.'' 71: 89-157.
 {{insect-stub}}
+[[Category:Neoptera]]
-[[Category:Insects]]
-== Further Reading ==
-Aspock, H. 2002. The biology of Raphidioptera: A review of present knowledge. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae 48 (suppl 2) 35-50.
-Carpenter, F.M. 1936. Revision of the nearctic Raphidiodea (recent and fossil). Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 71: 89-157.
 [[fr:Raphidioptera]]