Raphidioptera

Also known as the snakefly family

Snakeflies are a group of predatory insects comprising the order Raphidioptera, from Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís), meaning "needle", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", with two extant families: Raphidiidae and Inocelliidae, consisting of roughly 260 species. In the past, the group had a much wider distribution than it does now; snakeflies are found in temperate regions worldwide but are absent from the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere. Recognizable representatives of the group first appeared during the Early Jurassic. They are a relict group, having reached their apex of diversity during

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Raphidioptera is an order of insects within the class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. It is commonly known as snakeflies or kamelhalsfluer. The order belongs to the parent taxa Endopterygota, Holometabola, and Neuropterida. This taxon has been described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Records for Raphidioptera are held by institutions such as YPM, UMNH, UCSB, UF, and MNA. In the United States, there are 889 records associated with this group, accompanied by 40 media items. A broader dataset indicates a total occurrence count of 27,473. The taxon is referenced by 164 other encyclopedia articles.

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Species

Raphidioptera

ORDER

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderRaphidioptera

Observations recorded27,473

ラクダムシ亜目（駱駝虫亜目、Raphidiodea）は広義のアミメカゲロウ目（脈翅目、Neuroptera）に属す昆虫の一群。広義のアミメカゲロウ目をアミメカゲロウ上目（脈翅上目、Neuropterida）とする場合、またその他の亜目と別系統とする場合には、ラクダムシ目（Raphidioptera）とする。完全変態で肉食性。体は細長く、幼虫は成虫に比べて扁平。幼虫は陸生で、森林の樹皮の隙間などに棲む。ラクダムシという和名は、成虫の頚が長く、中胸が膨れている点がラクダを思わせることによる。ユーラシア周辺、北アフリカ、北アメリカ西部に生息する。現生種は210種ほど。

via GBIF