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 Magnoraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1968 Magnoraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1968 (odescr) (described as a subgenus of Raphidia L.) [type species by original designation: Raphidia major Burmeister, 1839]: H. Aspoeck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr; ill: distrmap); 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). Note. Magnoraphidia is - at least on the basis of characters of the male genitalia - a well differentiated subgenus with six known species. Three of these species have been found on Mediterranean islands. Biology. Larvae of at least five species including those recorded from islands are corticolous. Development two, Subilla three or more years. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: (IV)V-VI(VII). Distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Eastern Europe, Central Europe.