Puncha ratzeburgi
| Puncha ratzeburgi | |
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| Puncha ratzeburgi, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Raphidioptera |
| Family: | Raphidiidae |
| Genus: | Puncha Navàs, 1915 |
| Species: | P. ratzeburgi
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| Binomial name | |
| Puncha ratzeburgi (Brauer, 1876)
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Puncha ratzeburgi is a species of snakefly in the monotypic genus Puncha belonging to the family Raphidiidae.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
They are predatory, both as adults and larvae.
Gallery[edit]
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Museum specimen
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ H Aspöck - The Raphidioptera of the Apennines Peninsula
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Aspöck, Aspöck & Hölzel (1980) Die Neuropteren Europas. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers
- ^ Keys at Natura mediterraneo (in Italian)