The snakeflies of the Mediterranean islands: review and biogeographical analysis (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera) Author Aspoeck, Horst https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9407-3566 Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical Parasitology, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090 Vienna, Austria Author Aspoeck, Ulrike Natural History Museum Vienna, Department of Entomology, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria & Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria ulrike.aspoeck@nhm-wien.ac.at text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2023 2023-05-03 70 1 175 218 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.70.101559 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.70.101559 1860-1324-1-175 9E52FBF7700E4FC3A62E0334CE3DE926 88E9CFE5B5315143B11AAA90BD90ECBF Fibla (Fibla) maclachlani (Albarda, 1891) Inocellia crassicornis auct. (nec Schummel!): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon). Inocellia maclachlani Albarda, 1891 (odescr): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon). Burcha maclachlani (Albarda): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon). Burcha sicula Navas , 1915a (odescr): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck 2014 (cat). Fibla maclachlani (Albarda): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); Letardi 1994 (distrmap, ecol, rec); Pantaleoni 2005 (com, rec); Haring et al. 2011 (phyl); Tillier et al. 2022a (rec). Fibla (Fibla) maclachlani (Albarda, 1891): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); U. Aspoeck and H. Aspoeck 1994 (distr, biogeogr, ill: imag, la, map); H. Aspoeck and Hoelzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspoeck et al. 2001 (anncat); Nicoli Aldini and Baviera 2001 (rec); Haring et al. 2011 (phyl); H. Aspoeck et al. 2012 (distr); Nicoli Aldini et al. 2012 (rec, distr); H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck 2013 (cat, etymol; ill: la, ♂ imag), 2014 (cat); Pantaleoni et al. 2019 (distr, ecol, rec); Shen et al. 2022 (phyl). Taxonomy. H. Aspoeck et al. (1991) . A very characteristic species (Fig. 6c, d ) and the only representative of the family on the Tyrrhenian islands and in Sicily. Biology and ecology. Larvae (Fig. 6e ) exclusively corticolous, mainly on Pinus , but often also on deciduous trees ( Amygdalus , Quercus ). Preferred biotopes: Light pine and oak forests, but also in wild fruit gardens. Records from 150-1600 m; probably also occurring at sea level. Records on Mediterranean islands (Fig. 11b ). Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily. Syntopic occurrence with other Raphidioptera : Xanthostigma corsica (Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily), Xanthostigma aloysiana (Sardinia), Subilla confinis (Sicily), Subilla principiae (Sardinia). Development: Three or more years. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: IV-VI. Continental distribution. Apennine Peninsula, probably introduced from Sardinia with cork; old and recent records in Calabria need confirmation ( Pantaleoni et al. 2019 ). Biogeography. Polycentric (?) stationary Tyrrhenian-(Adriatomediterranean?) faunal element.