Phaeostigma Magnoraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 1968

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Subgenus Phaeostigma Magnoraphidia H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck, 1968

Magnoraphidia H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1968 (odescr) (described as a subgenus of Raphidia L.) [type species by original designation: Raphidia major Burmeister, 1839]: H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr; ill: distrmap); H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); Oswald and Penny 1991 (cat, nom); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (anncat); H. Aspöck 2002 (biol); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 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.