Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) raddai (U. Aspoeck & H. Aspoeck , 1969)

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Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) raddai (U. Aspoeck & H. Aspoeck, 1969)

Raphidia (Phidiara) raddai U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck, 1969 (odescr): H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon).

Phaeostigma (Aegeoraphidia) raddai (U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck): H. Aspöck et al. 1989 (biogeogr, distr); H. Aspöck et al. 1991 (mon); H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspöck et al. 2001 (anncat); Canbulat and Kiyak 2006 (distr, rec; ill: map); Dobosz 2007 (distr, rec); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). Ph. (Ae.) raddai can be easily differentiated from the other species of the subgenus even by eidonomic characters and particularly by its typical male genitalia.

Biology and ecology.

Larvae corticolous as well as soil-dwelling. Findings of larvae under bark of Pinus , but also of Pyrus and Mastix as well as in the detritus between and around roots of Genista and Arbutus . Development two, Subilla three or more years. Last hibernating stage: full-grown larva. Adults: IV-VI occurring in various habitats from sea level to 800 m.

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 9b ). Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Ikaria. The species will also be found on other islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. Syntopic Raphidioptera species: Raphidia (R.) mysia (Lesbos), R. ambigua (Samos), R. peteressli (Chios), R. mediterranea (Ikaria), Parainocellia ressli (Samos).

Continental distribution.

Southwestern Anatolia.

Biogeography.

Monocentric, stationary Anatolopontomediterranean faunal element comprising a relatively small area east of the Rechinger line.

Figures

Figure 9. a. Records of Ornatoraphidia christianodagmara, Phaeostigma (Magnoraphidia) major, Ph. (M.) flammi, Ph. (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea, and of Ph. (Superboraphidia) minois, on Mediterranean islands; b. Records of Phaeostigma (Grecoraphidia) divina retsinata, and of species of Aegeoraphidia, Ph. (Aegeoraphidia) raddai, Ph. (Ae.) prophetica, Ph. (Ae.) karpathana, and of Ph. (Ae.) biroi, on Mediterranean islands.