Subilla colossea (H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1979)

Aspoeck, Horst & Aspoeck, Ulrike, 2023, The snakeflies of the Mediterranean islands: review and biogeographical analysis (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 70 (1), pp. 175-218 : 175

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scientific name

Subilla colossea (H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1979)
status

 

Subilla colossea (H. Aspoeck, U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1979) View in CoL

Raphidia (Subilla) colossea H. Aspöck, U. Aspöck & Rausch, 1979 (odescr): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon).

Subilla colossea (H. Aspöck, U. Aspöck & Rausch, 1979): H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr); H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); Horstmann 1993 (paras); Horstmann 1994 (paras); H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (anncat); Pantaleoni et al. 2005 (tax); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). The species belongs to the Raphidia physodes -group of the genus. It can easily be identified by characters of the male and female genitalia.

Biology and ecology.

Larvae exclusively corticolous on Pinus and (rarely) on Quercus ilex in light pine forests from 200 to 750 m asl. Development (at least) two or Subilla three years. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: (IV)-V.

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 10b View Figure 10 ). Endemic to Rhodes, probably distributed all over the island. Syntopic Raphidioptera : Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) prophetica , Raphidia (R.) ambigua .

Biogeography.

Stationary Anatolopontomediterranean faunal element.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Raphidioptera

Family

Raphidiidae

Genus

Subilla