Family Raphidiidae - Typical Snakeflies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Rhaphidioptera (Snakeflies)

Family Raphidiidae (Typical Snakeflies)

Explanation of Names

Raphidiidae Latreille 1810

from Raphidia

Numbers

19 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), >200 spp. in ~30 genera worldwide

Range

In our area, w.NA (BC‒CA to AB‒NM)(1)

Habitat

Probably only a smaller part develop under bark; in most spp. larvae live in topsoil, e.g. in the detritus around the roots of shrubs, sometimes in rock crevices(2)

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.	The biology of Raphidioptera: A review of present knowledge Aspöck H. 2002. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 48 (Suppl. 2): 35–50.

Contributed by Cotinis on 7 January, 2006 - 2:28pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 9 February, 2024 - 8:01pm

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