Raphidia (Raphidia) peterressli H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1973

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Raphidia (Raphidia) peterressli H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck, 1973

Raphidia (Raphidia) peterressli H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1973 (odescr): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (anncat); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat).

Raphidia peterressli H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck: H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). Probably an insular isolate of R. ambigua , clearly differentiated by characters of the male genitalia, a molecular systematic analysis in comparison with R. ambigua and other species of Raphidia s. str. is, however, needed.

Biology and ecology.

Larvae not yet described, probably mainly soil-dwelling, but findings of a few larvae under bark of Pistacia lentiscus . Development probably similar to that of the closely related species. Euryoecious! Records in almost all types of vegetations with trees or bushes (pine-forests, olive-yards, all types of maquis) in altitudes from 0-1000 m.

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 11a ). So far only known from the island of Chios. Syntopic Raphidioptera : Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) raddai .

Continental distribution.

No records.

Biogeography.

Probably endemic to Chios and thus an extremely stationary Anatolopontomediterranean faunal element.

Figures

Figure 11. a. Records of species of the genus Raphidia, R. (R.) mediterranea, R. (R.) beieri, R. (R.) peterressli, R. (R.) mysia, R. (R.) ambigua, and R. (R.) ariadne, on Mediterranean islands; b. Records of species of the family Inocelliidae, Fibla (F.) maclachlani, Fibla (Reisserella) pasiphae, and Parainocellia ressli, on Mediterranean islands.