Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea H. Aspoeck , U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1991

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

Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea H. Aspoeck, U. Aspoeck & Rausch, 1991

Phaeostigma (Pontoraphidia) setulosa aegea H. Aspöck, U. Aspöck & Rausch, 1991 (odescr, mon); H. Aspöck and Hölzel 1996 (distr); H. Aspöck 2012 (cat); H. Aspöck and U. Aspöck 2013 (cat, etymol), 2014 (cat).

Taxonomy.

H. Aspöck et al. (1991). Eidonomic characters with those of Ph. (P.) s. setulosa agreeing, male and female genitalia, however, different.

Biology and ecology.

Larvae most probably exclusively soil-dwelling. Development probably two to Subilla three years. Last hibernating stage: probably full-grown larva. Adults: (V)-VI. Ph. (P.) s. aegea was collected on the island of Thasos in glades within light pine forests at an altitude of about 1000 m in large numbers on fruits of Asphodelus (on the Athos Mountain in 1600 m on pine trees).

Records on Mediterranean islands

(Fig. 9a ). Thasos (Ipsarion). Syntopic Raphidioptera on Thasos: Venustoraphidia nigricollis , Raphidia (R.) beieri .

Continental distribution.

Athos mountain (Chalkidiki, Greece).

Biogeography.

Ph. (P.) setulosa aegea is an extremely stationary monocentric Balkanopontomediterranean faunal element. The species - Ph. (P.) setulosa (s. l.) - is a polycentric Balkanapontomediterranean-Anatolopontomediterranean faunal element of moderate expansivity. It will certainly be found in many parts of the Balkan Peninsula and in Anatolia.

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.