AY Honors/Insect/Raphidioptera

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

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.