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 Aegeoraphidia H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1991 Aegeoraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1991 (odescr, mon) [type species by original designation: Raphidia (Phidiara) raddai U. Aspoeck & H. Aspoeck , 1969]. H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); H. Aspoeck 2002 (biol); H. Aspoeck 2012 (cat); H. Aspoeck and U. Aspoeck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat). Taxonomy. H. Aspoeck et al. (1991) . This subgenus comprises two groups of species - the Raphidia raddai - Raphidia ressli group with five species ( Ph. (Ae.) raddai , Ph. (Ae.) ressli , Ph. (Ae.) porphetica , Ph. (Ae.) biroi , and Ph. (Ae.) vartianorum ) and the Phaeostigma noane group with two species ( Ph. (Ae.) noane and Ph. (Ae.) remane ). Of these, four species occur on Mediterranean islands. Aegeoraphidia can be clearly differentiated from other subgenera particularly by characters of the male genitalia. The sister group of the subgenus is still unknown. Biology and ecology. Larvae of all species principally soil-dwelling, but larvae of some species can also be found under bark of various trees. Development two or Subilla three years. Adults: IV-VI, in various habitats in altitudes of 0-2200 m. Distribution. The distribution of Aegeoraphidia comprises Crete, several islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, western, southern, and southeastern Anatolia, and northern Iraq.