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 Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) prophetica (H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1964a) Raphidia prophetica H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1964a (odescr): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon). Phaeostigma ressli prophetica (H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck ): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon). Phaeostigma prophetica (H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck ): H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); U. Aspoeck and H. Aspoeck 1989 (tax). Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) prophetica (H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck ): H. Aspoeck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr); H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); H. Aspoeck and Hoelzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspoeck et al. 2001 (anncat); H. Aspoeck 2012 (cat); H. Aspoeck and U. Aspoeck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat). Taxonomy. H. Aspoeck et al. (1991) . Closely related to Ph. (Ae.) ressli , from which it can be differentiated only by fine, but always recognizable differences in the male genitalia. The main reason for treating Ph. (Ae.) prophetica as a species and not a subspecies of Ph. (Ae.) ressli is the fact that not Ph. (Ae.) ressli but another species of this clade, Ph. (Ae.) vartianorum , occurs in those parts of Anatolia opposite to Rhodes. Biology and ecology. Larvae mainly soil-dwelling, but also corticolous on various trees ( Pinus , Quercus , Amygdalus ). Development (at least) two years. Last stage of hibernation: full-grown larva. Adults: (IV)V-VI in various habitats, particularly light forests of Pinus and Quercus . Records from 350-750 m. Records on Mediterranean islands (Fig. 9b ). Rhodes, probably endemic to this island and apparently occurring all over Rhodes. Syntopic Raphidioptera species: Subilla colossea , Raphidia (R.) ambigua . Biogeography. Monocentric, extremely stationary Anatolopontomediterranean faunal element. Endemic to Rhodes.