AY Honors/Insect/Raphidioptera

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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 in the United States are Raphidiidae and Inocellidae.

External links

• Tree of Life project page

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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.