Arthropoda Joanillo Galeria de cuques

cat: Mosca serp; esp: Mosca serpiente; eng: Snakefly
Bagà-Catalonia-Spain
Long: 9 mm
phylum: Arthropoda > (Unirramia) > Hexapoda > class: Insecta > (Pterygota) > (Neoptera) > Endopterygota > order: Raphidioptera > (Raphidiomorpha) > family: Raphidiidae

The order Raphidioptera has only two families, one of them Raphidiidae, and is common in Central and Northern Europe, but rare in Southern Europe. The species are difficult to identify. Were previously considered Neuroptera.

Picture: male (has not an ovopositor, evident in females). Must be an Atlantoraphidia maculicollis, ID to confirm.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakefly

cat: Mosca serp; esp: Mosca serpiente; eng: Snakefly
Bagà-Catalonia-Spain
Long: 9 mm
phylum: Arthropoda > (Unirramia) > Hexapoda > class: Insecta > (Pterygota) > (Neoptera) > Endopterygota > order: Raphidioptera > (Raphidiomorpha) > family: Raphidiidae

The order Raphidioptera has only two families, one of them Raphidiidae, and is common in Central and Northern Europe, but rare in Southern Europe. The species are difficult to identify. Were previously considered Neuroptera.

Picture: male (has not an ovopositor, evident in females). Must be an Atlantoraphidia maculicollis, ID to confirm.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakefly

cat: Mosca serp; esp: Mosca serpiente; eng: Snakefly
Bagà-Catalonia-Spain
Long: 9 mm
phylum: Arthropoda > (Unirramia) > Hexapoda > class: Insecta > (Pterygota) > (Neoptera) > Endopterygota > order: Raphidioptera > (Raphidiomorpha) > family: Raphidiidae

The order Raphidioptera has only two families, one of them Raphidiidae, and is common in Central and Northern Europe, but rare in Southern Europe. The species are difficult to identify. Were previously considered Neuroptera.

Picture: male (has not an ovopositor, evident in females). Must be an Atlantoraphidia maculicollis, ID to confirm.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakefly