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Family Inocelliidae - Square-headed Snakeflies

Snakefly larva from grape bark - Negha meridionalis Square-headed Snakefly in California (March) - Negha - male Square-headed Snakefly in California (March) - Negha - male Snakefly - Negha - male Snakefly - Negha - female Snakefly pupa - Negha meridionalis Snake Fly - Negha - male Negha-3544 - Negha - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Raphidioptera (Snakeflies)
Family Inocelliidae (Square-headed Snakeflies)
Explanation of Names
Inocelliidae Navás 1913
Numbers
3 spp., all in Negha, in our area(1), close to 50 spp. in 7 genera total(2)
Identification
ocelli absebt; generally larger than members of the Raphidiidae, with longer and thicker antennae (especially basally). Pterostigma darker and lacks a cross-vein(3)
Print References
Aspöck H., Liu X., Aspöck U. (2012) The family Inocelliidae (Neuropterida: Raphidioptera): A review of present knowledge. Mitt. D. Ges. für allgemeine und angewandte Entomol. 18: 565‒573. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.BioLib.cz
3.Evolution of the Insects
David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel. 2005.