Name-bearing type specimens in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes (CNC): Blattodea, Dermaptera, Notoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Myriapoda, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phthiraptera, Pseudoscorpiones, Psocoptera, Raphidioptera & Siphonaptera Author Lonsdale, Owen Author Locke, Michelle M. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-29 4526 2 101 126 journal article 27895 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.2.1 3bc8450f-5fcf-44f0-8466-f81e1dd992ed 1175-5326 2611468 9B583909-C81E-41A4-8246-95AB6730C8C3 Raphidioptera americana Carpenter, 1959 , Raphidia Valid name : Alena ( Mexicoraphidia ) americana (Carpenter, 1959) holotype ( 1 male , ethyl alcohol) Verbatim : 5 mi. North of Cuernavaca 6000′. Morelos , Mexico Aug 28, 1958 . Beating Pine. H.F. Howden / 5 mi. North of Cuernavaca 6000′. Morelos , Mexico 28.VIII.1958 . Beating pine. H.F. Howden / ALC COLL . / CNC 627587 . Interpretive data : MEXICO . Morelos : Cuernavaca , 8.1km North , 19°2′4.32″N 99°16′22.11″W , 1828m , on pine, beating, 28.viii.1958 , H.F. Howden , CNC Type No. 6826, CNC627587 . Determination : H.U. Aspöck vid. 1969 / Raphidioptera Americana Carp. Holotype / TYPE No. 6826, C.N.C. / TYPE Raphidia Americana Carpenter No. 6826/ HOLOTYPE Raphidia Americana Carpenter No. 6826. Comments : Abdomen removed for genitalia dissection.