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 Subgenus Phaeostigma Superboraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1968 Superboraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1968 (odescr) (described as a subgenus of Raphidia L.) [type species by original designation: Raphidia auberti H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1966]: H. Aspoeck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr; ill: distrmap); U. Aspoeck and H. Aspoeck 1990 (syst); H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); Oswald and Penny 1991 (cat, nom); H. Aspoeck et al. 2001 (anncat); H. Aspoeck 2002 (biol); H. Aspoeck 2012 (cat); H. Aspoeck and U. Aspoeck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat). Taxonomy. H. Aspoeck et al. (1991) . Superboraphidia comprises five species ( Phaeostigma (S.) auberti , Ph. (S.) rauschi , Ph. (S.) mammaphila , Ph. (S.) turcica , and Ph. (S.) minois ), which are not closely related but show a special synapomorphy in the male genitalia, which justifies to unite them in a subgenus. One of the five species occurs on a Mediterranean island. Biology. Larvae of probably all five species are soil-dwelling. Development insufficiently known, probably two years or longer. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: V-VII in various habitats, usually with rich low vegetation in higher elevations (800-1200 m), sometimes even above timberline. Distribution. The distribution of Superboraphidia comprises southern parts of the mainland of Greece, the Peloponnisos and the west of Anatolia (H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 ; Rausch and H. Aspoeck 1992 ).