Raphidioptera: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Raphidioptera
- Family
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Raphidioptera
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Snakefly
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 the Cretaceous before undergoing substantial decline.
An adult snakefly resembles a lacewing in appearance but has a notably elongated thorax which, together with the mobile head, gives the group their common name. The body is long and slender and the two pairs of long, membranous wings are prominently veined. Females have a large and sturdy ovipositor which is used to deposit eggs in some concealed location. They are holometabolous insects with a four-stage life cycle consisting of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults. In most species, the larvae develop under the bark of trees. They may take several years before they undergo metamorphosis, requiring a period of chilling before pupation takes place. Both adults and larvae are predators of soft-bodied arthropods.
...Raphidioptera in languages:
- Arabic
- ذباب أفعواني
- Arabic
- ذباب الأفعى
- Bulgarian
- Камилки
- Catalan
- Rafidiòpters
- Chinese
- 蛇蛉目
- Czech
- dlouhošíjky
- Danish
- Kamelhalsfluer
- Dutch
- Kameelhalsvliegen
- English
- Snakeflies
- Estonian
- Kaamelkaelalised
- Finnish
- käärmekorennot
- German
- Kamelhalsfliegen
- Hebrew
- ארינחשאים
- Hungarian
- tevenyakúak
- Italian
- Rafidiotteri
- Italian
- Rafidioidei
- Japanese
- ラクダムシ目
- Japanese
- 酪駝虫目
- Korean
- 약대벌레목
- Lithuanian
- Kupriukai
- Modern Greek
- Ραφιδιόπτερα
- Polish
- Wielbłądki
- Russian
- Верблюдки
- Swedish
- halssländor
- Thai
- แมลงช้างหัวงู
- Ukrainian
- Верблюдки
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