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 (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1991 Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1991 (odescr, mon); H. Aspoeck and Hoelzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspoeck 2012 (cat); H. Aspoeck and U. Aspoeck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat). Taxonomy. H. Aspoeck et al. (1991) . Eidonomic characters with those of Ph. (P.) s. setulosa agreeing, male and female genitalia, however, different. Biology and ecology. Larvae most probably exclusively soil-dwelling. Development probably two to Subilla three years. Last hibernating stage: probably full-grown larva. Adults: (V)-VI. Ph. (P.) s. aegea was collected on the island of Thasos in glades within light pine forests at an altitude of about 1000 m in large numbers on fruits of Asphodelus (on the Athos Mountain in 1600 m on pine trees). Records on Mediterranean islands (Fig. 9a ). Thasos (Ipsarion). Syntopic Raphidioptera on Thasos: Venustoraphidia nigricollis , Raphidia (R.) beieri . Continental distribution. Athos mountain (Chalkidiki, Greece). Biogeography. Ph. (P.) setulosa aegea is an extremely stationary monocentric Balkanopontomediterranean faunal element. The species - Ph. (P.) setulosa (s. l.) - is a polycentric Balkanapontomediterranean-Anatolopontomediterranean faunal element of moderate expansivity. It will certainly be found in many parts of the Balkan Peninsula and in Anatolia.