Venustoraphidia nigricollis (Albarda, 1891)

Aspoeck, Horst & Aspoeck, Ulrike, 2023, The snakeflies of the Mediterranean islands: review and biogeographical analysis (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 70 (1), pp. 175-218 : 175

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Venustoraphidia nigricollis (Albarda, 1891)
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Venustoraphidia nigricollis (Albarda, 1891) View in CoL View at ENA

Raphidia nigricollis Albarda, 1891 (odescr): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon). Venustoraphidia nigricollis ( Albarda 1891): H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr); H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); Pantaleoni 1990b (ecol); Pantaleoni 1990d [1993] (rec); Kielhorn 1991 (ecol, rec); Saure and Gerstberger 1991 (ecol, rec); Devetak 1992a (rec); Devetak 1995 (rec); Pröse 1995 (distr, rec); H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); Saure 1996 (biogeogr, ecol, rec); Sziráki 1996 (ecol, rec); Achtelig 1997 (ecol, rec); Gruppe 1997 (ecol, rec); Schubert and Gruppe 1999 (ecol, rec); Sziráki 1999 (rec); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (anncat); Gruppe and Schubert 2001 (ecol, rec); Tröger 2002 (rec); Popov 2004 (chorol); Gruppe 2006a (ecol); Gruppe 2006b (ecol, rec); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2007 (biogeogr, distr); Pantaleoni 2007 (biol); Gruppe 2008 (ecol, rec); Klokočovnik et al. 2010 (rec); Letardi et al. 2010 (rec); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck (2014) (cat); Weissmair et al. 2021 (biol, ecol); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2021 (overv, ill: la, pu, ♂, ♀ imag), 2022a (overv, ill: la, pu, ♂, ♀ imag), 2022b (overv, ill: la, pu, ♂, ♀ imag); Tillier et al. 2022b (rec).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). Adults can easily be identified by the entirely black pronotum, usually already by the small size (Fig. 2a, b View Figure 2 ). Larvae are readily recognizable by the characteristic pattern of the dorsal pigmentation (Fig. 2c View Figure 2 ).

Biology and ecology.

Larvae exclusively corticolous on Quercus , Malus , Pyrus , Acer and many other deciduous trees, but also on Pinus in light forests and in wild gardens and even in urban parks in altitudes up to ca. 500 m (Central Europe), records in Southern Europe 700 to 1100 m. Development at least two years. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: V-VII.

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 7b View Figure 7 ). Thasos (Ipsarion, ca. 1000 m, on Pinus ). Syntopic Raphidioptera on Thasos: Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea , Raphidia (R.) beieri .

Continental distribution.

Balkan Peninsula as far south as to the gulf of Korinthos, Eastern Europe, Apennine Peninsula (Northern Italy, Calabria), Central Europe as far north as to Northern Germany, Eastern and Southern France.

Biogeography.

Polycentric Adriato-Balkanopontomediterranean faunal element with high expansivity.