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Puncha ratzeburgi

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Puncha ratzeburgi
Puncha ratzeburgi, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Raphidioptera
Family: Raphidiidae
Genus: Puncha
Navàs, 1915
Species:
P. ratzeburgi
Binomial name
Puncha ratzeburgi
(Brauer, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Agulla ratzenburgi (Brauer, 1876)[1]
  • Raphidilla alpina (Steinmann, 1964) [2]
  • Rhaphidilla alpina Steinmann, 1964[2]
  • Raphidia ratzeburgi Brauer, 1876[1]

Puncha ratzeburgi is a species of snakefly in the monotypic genus Puncha belonging to the family Raphidiidae.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

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This species is widely distributed in Central and Eastern Europe[5] (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland).[6] Isolated populations have been found from southern France, the Apennine and Balkan Peninsula. These insects inhabit mountains at an elevation up to 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) above sea level.

Description

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Puncha ratzeburgi can reach a wingspan of about 24 millimetres (0.94 in).[7] These snakeflies have a long prothorax, hyaline wings with characteristic venation, a distinct pterostigma ranging from yellow-ocher to ocher-brown, and a long ovipositor in females.[8]

Biology

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They are predatory, both as adults and larvae.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Brauer, F. (1876) Die Neuropteren Europas und insbesondere Oesterreichs mit Rücksicht auf ihre geographische Verbreitung. Pp. [263]-300 in Festschrift zur Feier des fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestehen Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft, Wien.
  2. ^ a b Steinmann, H. (1964) Raphidiopterological studies II. New Raphidia L. and Raphidilla Nav. species from Europe and Asia., Acta Zoologica Hungarica 10:199-227.
  3. ^ Biolib
  4. ^ Catalogue of life
  5. ^ H Aspöck - The Raphidioptera of the Apennines Peninsula
  6. ^ Fauna europaea
  7. ^ Aspöck, Aspöck & Hölzel (1980) Die Neuropteren Europas. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers
  8. ^ Keys at Natura mediterraneo (in Italian)
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