Subilla colossea (H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1979)

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Subilla colossea (H. Aspoeck, U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1979)

Raphidia (Subilla) colossea H. Aspöck, U. Aspöck & Rausch, 1979 (odescr): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon).

Subilla colossea (H. Aspöck, U. Aspöck & Rausch, 1979): H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr); H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); Horstmann 1993 (paras); Horstmann 1994 (paras); H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (anncat); Pantaleoni et al. 2005 (tax); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). The species belongs to the Raphidia physodes -group of the genus. It can easily be identified by characters of the male and female genitalia.

Biology and ecology.

Larvae exclusively corticolous on Pinus and (rarely) on Quercus ilex in light pine forests from 200 to 750 m asl. Development (at least) two or Subilla three years. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: (IV)-V.

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 10b ). Endemic to Rhodes, probably distributed all over the island. Syntopic Raphidioptera : Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) prophetica , Raphidia (R.) ambigua .

Biogeography.

Stationary Anatolopontomediterranean faunal element.

Figures

Figure 10. a. Records of Phaeostigma (Crassoraphidia) cyprica, and of Ulrike syriaca, on Mediterranean islands; b. Records of species of the genus Subilla, S. confinis, S. artemis, S. principiae, and S. colossea, on Mediterranean islands.