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Snakeflies
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous - Recent
Female Raphidia notata
Female Raphidia notata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Raphidioptera
Handlirsch, 1908
Suborder: Raphidiomorpha
Families

Inocelliidae
Raphidiidae
and see text
Synonyms

Raphidiodea

Snakeflies are a group of insects in the order Raphidioptera, consisting of about 150 species. The Early Cretaceous ( timestratigraphic name or the Lower Cretaceous ( logstratigraphic name is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Snakeflies are a group of Insects in the order Raphidioptera, consisting of about 150 Species. Anton Handlirsch (20 January 1865, Vienna - 28 August 1935 Vienna was an Austrian Entomologist. In Biological classification, family ( Latin In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Together with the Megaloptera they were formerly placed within the Neuroptera, but now these two are generally regarded as separate orders. Megaloptera is an order of Insects It contains the alderflies, Dobsonflies and fishflies, and there are about 300 known For the obsolete concept of the Neuroptera including Alderflies, Dobsonflies, Fishflies and Snakeflies, see Neuropterida.

Raphidioptera are characterized by having an elongate prothorax but no modification of the forelegs (as in Mantispidae). The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the Thorax of an Insect, and bears the first pair of legs The arthropod leg is a form of jointed Appendage of Arthropods usually used for Walking. Mantispidae is a family of small to moderate-sized net-winged Insects known as mantidflies, mantispids, mantid lacewings They possess ocelli and females typically have a long ovipositor. An ocellus (plural ocelli) is a type of Photoreceptor organ in animals The ovipositor is an organ used by some of the Animals for Oviposition, i Snakeflies are predatory, both as adults and larvae. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example They can be quite common throughout temperate Europe and Asia, but in North America occur exclusively in the Western United States, namely in the Rocky Mountains as their larvae require cool temperatures to develop. The Western United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American West or simply the West &mdashtraditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America.

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Systematics

The Megaloptera, Neuroptera (in the modern sense) and Raphidioptera are very closely related, and the new name for this group is Neuropterida[1]. Megaloptera is an order of Insects It contains the alderflies, Dobsonflies and fishflies, and there are about 300 known For the obsolete concept of the Neuroptera including Alderflies, Dobsonflies, Fishflies and Snakeflies, see Neuropterida. The Neuropterida are a Clade of Holometabolous Insects Well-known members are the Lacewings Antlions and Dobsonflies This is either placed at superorder rank, with the Endopterygota - of which they are part - becoming an unranked clade above it, or the Endopterygota are maintained as a superorder, with an unranked Neuropterida being a part of them. This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used The Endopterygota, also known as Holometabola, are Insects of the subclass Pterygota which go through distinctive Larval Pupal A clade is a taxonomic group comprising a single Common ancestor and all the descendants of that ancestor Within the endopterygotes, the closest living relatives of the neuropteridan clade are the beetles. Beetles are the group of Insects with the largest number of known Species.

The two extant families of snakeflies are the Raphidiidae and Inocelliidae. In Biological classification, family ( Latin In addition, there are a number of extinct forms known only from fossils. In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for Telecommunications programs under the DOS Operating system. Almost all known snakeflies belong to the suborder Raphidiomorpha. This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used The single exception is the prehistoric family Priscaenigmatidae, sometimes placed in a suborder Priscaenigmatomorpha but more likely a basal lineage that does not warrant the establishment of such a redundant monotypic taxon. In Phylogenetics, a basal Clade is the earliest clade to branch in a larger clade it appears at the base of a cladogram Monotypic is an adjective that refers to a taxonomic group with only one type: In Botany, "monotypic" means that a Taxon has only A taxon (plural taxa) or taxonomic unit, is a name designating an organism or a group of Organisms In Biological nomenclature according to [2]

Fossil snakeflies are known from the Early Cretaceous onwards and these are not even the basalmost forms, suggesting their origin lies deep in the Jurassic at least. The Early Cretaceous ( timestratigraphic name or the Lower Cretaceous ( logstratigraphic name is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Ma (million years ago to  Ma that is from the end of the Triassic to the beginning In fact, the earliest Neuroptera are from the Permian and thus snakefly ancestors probably even predate the Mesozoic also. The Permian is a geologic period and system that extends from 299 The Mesozoic Era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. Fossil Raphidiomorpha taxa are:[2]

Notable species

Inocelliidae

Raphidiidae

Male Subilla confinis
Male Subilla confinis

Footnotes

  1. ^ Also called "Neuropteroidea", though the ending "-oidea" is normally used for superfamilies. Incertae sedis ( Latin for "of uncertain placement" abbreviated "inc Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms See references in Haaramo (2008).
  2. ^ a b See references in Haaramo (2008)

References

Dictionary

snakefly

-noun

  1. any insect of the order Raphidioptera.
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