Mongoloraphidia
Sign in to saveMongoloraphidia is a genus of snakefly in the family Raphidiidae comprising 65 species distributed throughout Central and Eastern Asia. It is the most species-rich genus of the eastern Palearctic Raphidiidae and forms the ecological and evolutionary core of the region's snakefly fauna.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderRaphidioptera
- FamilyRaphidiidae
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12 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy and phylogeny
- Geologic and evolutionary history
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomic history
- Morphology and ecology
- Larval
- Adult
- Diagnosis
- Habitat and distribution
- Conservation
- Species list
- References
Mongoloraphidia is a genus of snakefly in the family Raphidiidae comprising 65 species distributed throughout Central and Eastern Asia. It is the most species-rich genus of the eastern Palearctic Raphidiidae and forms the ecological and evolutionary core of the region's snakefly fauna.
== Taxonomy and phylogeny == === Geologic and evolutionary history === Mongoloraphidia is believed to have originated during the Late Cretaceous to Early Oligocene (160-30 million years ago), when the prehistoric epicontental Turgai Strait served as a biogegraphical barrier between Europe and Asia, divided at today's Ural region and western Siberia. This separated ancestral Raphidiidae, leading to independent evolution into an adapted Central and East Asian snakefly clade.