Phaeostigma (Superboraphidia) minois U. Aspoeck & H. Aspoeck , 1990

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Phaeostigma (Superboraphidia) minois U. Aspoeck & H. Aspoeck, 1990

Phaeostigma (Superboraphidia) minois U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck, 1990 (odescr, ecol, distr; ill: ♀ gs, ♂ gs, wings); Popov 1992 (biogeogr); H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (anncat); Tröger 2005a (rec); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat).

Taxonomy.

U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck (1990). The species (Fig. 4f ) is eidonomically similar to Ph. (Aegeoraphidia) biroi , but can be easily differentiated in both sexes by characters of the genitalia. The sister taxon is unknown, and the species has a rather isolated position within the subgenus.

Biology and ecology.

Larvae probably soil-dwelling. Larvae and development unknown. Adults: V, on Pinus brutia and Cypressus sempervivens , in light forests with Quercus , Crataegus etc. in 830-1100 m.

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 9a ). Ph. (S.) minois has so far only been found in a few spots near the Omalos Plateau in the west of Crete (Chania). Syntopic Raphidioptera : Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) biroi , Raphidia (R.) ariadne , Fibla (Reisserella) pasiphae .

Biogeography.

Endemic to Crete. Monocentric, (extremely) stationary Cretan faunal element.

Figures

Figure 4. a. Phaeostigma (Magnoraphidia) wewalkai, ♂. Greece, Korinthia, Oros Onia. Foto: F. Anderle, now Denner; b. Phaeostigma (Magnoraphidia) wewalkai, ♀. Greece, Korinthia, Oros Onia. Foto: P. Sehnal; c. Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) biroi, ♂. Greece, Crete, Anogia> Axos. Foto: P. Sehnal; d. Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) biroi, ♀. Greece, Crete, Anogia> Axos. Foto: P. Sehnal; e. Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) biroi, larva. Greece, Crete, Anogia> Axos. Foto: H. Bruckner; f. Phaeostigma (Superboraphidia) minois, ♂. Greece, Crete, Levka Ori, W Omalos. Foto: H. Aspoeck; g. Subilla confinis, ♂. Lower Austria, Klosterneuburg. Foto: H. Bruckner; h. Subilla principiae, ♂. Italy, Sardinia, Gennargentu, Fonni. Watercolour by Wilhelm Zelenka (1936 - 2011), Vienna. In the possession of H. & U. Aspoeck.

Figure 9. a. Records of Ornatoraphidia christianodagmara, Phaeostigma (Magnoraphidia) major, Ph. (M.) flammi, Ph. (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea, and of Ph. (Superboraphidia) minois, on Mediterranean islands; b. Records of Phaeostigma (Grecoraphidia) divina retsinata, and of species of Aegeoraphidia, Ph. (Aegeoraphidia) raddai, Ph. (Ae.) prophetica, Ph. (Ae.) karpathana, and of Ph. (Ae.) biroi, on Mediterranean islands.