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Genus Agulla

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Raphidioptera (Snakeflies)
Family Raphidiidae (Typical Snakeflies)
Genus Agulla
Explanation of Names
Agulla Navás 1914
Numbers
16 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
head kite-shaped; ocelli present but may be hard to see; pterostigma yellowish-brown, bisected by a veinlet.
Key in Carpenter (1936) is more complete than that in Banks ()
Range
w. NA (BC‒CA to AB‒CO‒TX)(1)
Season
A. bicolor in c. TX taken Mar‒May, primarily on Juniperus ashei(2)
Print References
Acker, Thomas S. (1966). Courtship and Mating Behavior in Agulla Species (Neuroptera: Raphidiidae), Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer., 59(1): 1–6 [Full Text]
Aspöck U. (1974) Die Raphidiopteren der Nearktis (Insecta, Neuropteroidea). Dissertation. Univ. Wien 1974: 1-238.
Aspöck, U. (1975) The present state of knowledge on the Raphidioptera of America (Insecta: Neuropteroidea). Polskie Pismo ent. (Bull. ent. Pol.) 45: 537–546. (Full Text)
Aspöck, H., U. Aspöck, and H. Rausch. (1991) Die Raphidiopteren der Erde. Goecke & Evers Verlag, Dürerstrasse 13, D-4150 Krefeld, Germany. 1648 DM. Volume 1, 730 pages. Volume 2, 550 pages, with 3065 illustrations and 206 distribution maps.
Carpenter F.M. (1936) Revision of the Nearctic Raphidiodea (Recent and fossil). Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 71: 89-157. (Full Text)
Tilden, J. W. (1951). A note on the manner of feeding in Agulla adnixa Hagan. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 27(4): 192 (Full Text)
Woglum, R. S. & McGregor, E. A. (1958). Observations on the life history and morphology of Agulla bractea Carpenter (Neuroptera: Raphidiodea: Raphidiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 51:129-141 (Full Text)
Woglum, R. S. & McGregor, E. A. (1959). Observations on the life history and morphology of Agulla astuta (Banks) (Neuroptera: Raphidiodea: Raphidiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52:489-502 (Full Text)
Woglum, R. S. & McGregor, E. A. (1964). A new snakefly from southern California (Neuroptera: Raphidiidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 63:201-203 (Full Text)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico
Penny N.D., Adams P.A., Stange L.A. 1997. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 39‒114.
2.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
3.Photo gallery of the Spencer Entomological Collection