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 Ornatoraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1968 Ornatoraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1968 (odescr) (described as a subgenus of Raphidia L.) [type species by original designation: Raphidia etrusca Albarda, 1891]: H. Aspoeck et al. 1991 (mon); Oswald and Penny 1991 (cat, nom); H. Aspoeck et al. 2001 (anncat); H. Aspoeck 2002 (biol, paras); Haring et al. 2011 (phyl); H. Aspoeck 2012 (cat); U. Aspoeck et al. 2012 (fig: phyltree); H. Aspoeck and U. Aspoeck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat). Taxonomy and systematics. H. Aspoeck et al. (1991) , Haring et al. (2011) . Ornatoraphidia is markedly differentiated by morphological characters of adults and larvae. Based upon molecular phylogeny the sister taxon is Turcoraphidia . The genus comprises two species, which show very different patterns of distribution. Both species are known from Mediterranean islands. Biology and ecology. Larvae living in upper layers of soil around roots of bushes. Development two years, see under O. flavilabris . Last hibernation stage: pupa or full-grown larva. Adults: IV-VI. Distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula, southern parts of Central Europe.