Agulla (snakefly)

Agulla is a genus of modern snakeflies in the family Raphidiidae.

Agulla species are predatory, both as adults and larvae. They occur in North America in British Columbia and in the Western United States, namely in the Rocky Mountains and westward, including the southwestern deserts.

Systematics
At present 31 living and two extinct species of Agulla are known from North America. The species are divided into four subgenera, with the two extinct (†) species left unplaced in the genus.


 * Agulla
 * Subgenus Agulla
 * A. (A.) arazonia (Banks)
 * A. (A.) amaudi (Aspöck)
 * A. (A.) assimilis (Albarda)
 * A. (A.) astuta (Banks)
 * A. (A.) barri (Aspöck)
 * A. (A.) bicolor (Albarda)
 * A. (A.) bractea Carpenter
 * A. (A.) crotchi (Banks)
 * A. (A.) faulkneri Aspöck
 * A. (A.) flexa Carpenter
 * A. (A.) herbsti (Ebsen-Peterson
 * A. (A.) Agulla nixa
 * Subgenus Galavia
 * A. (G.) adnixa (Hagen)
 * A. (G.) modesta Carpenter
 * A. (G.) paramerica Aspöck
 * A. (G.) unicolor Carpenter
 * Subgenus Franciscoraphidia
 * A. (F.) directa Carpenter
 * Subgenus Californoraphidia
 * A. (C.) nigrinotum Woglum & McGregor
 * Subgenus incertae sedis
 * †A. mineralensis (Miocene, Stewart Valley, Nevada, USA)
 * †A. protomaculata (Lutetian, Green River Formation, Colorado, USA)