Phaeostigma (Graecoraphidia) divina retsinata (H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1973)

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Phaeostigma (Graecoraphidia) divina retsinata (H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck, 1973)

Raphidia (Graecoraphidia) divina retsinata H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1973 (odescr): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon).

Phaeostigma (Graecoraphidia) divina retsinata (H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck): H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr); H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); Rausch and H. Aspöck 1991 (ill: distrmap); 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).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). Ph. (G.) divina retsinata can be differentiated from the other two subspecies by characters of the male genitalia, but also by eidonomic characters, such as the small size. The complicated taxonomic and systematic situation of the subspecies of Ph. (G.) divina needs an extensive phylogenomic study.

Biology and ecology.

Larvae most probably soil-dwelling. Development under experimental conditions Subilla three years. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: V-VI. Most specimens were collected from fir trees in altitudes of 850-1100 m.

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 9b ). The subspecies was repeatedly found in a small area in Central Euboea. Syntopic Raphidioptera on Euboea: Phaeostigma (Ph.) euboica , Ph. (Magnoraphidia) flammi , Ph. (M.) wewalkai , Raphidia (R.) mediterranea .

Continental distribution.

Greece (Parnis, Pateras mountains).

Biogeography.

Ph. (G.) divina retsinata is an extremely stationary Balkanopontomediterranean faunal element with a few refugial subcenters within a small area in Greece.

Figures

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.