Agulla (snakefly)

Agulla is a genus of modern snakeflies in the family Raphidiidae.[1]

Agulla
Temporal range: Lutetian-Recent
Agulla species, Packer Lake, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Raphidioptera
Family: Raphidiidae
Tribe: Aguillini
Genus: Agulla
Handlirsch, 1908
Species

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Agulla species are predatory, both as adults and larvae. They occur in North America in British Columbia[2] and in the Western United States, namely in the Rocky Mountains and westward, including the southwestern deserts.

Systematics

At present 31 living and two extinct species of Agulla are known from North America. The species are divided into four subgenera, with the two extinct (†) species left unplaced in the genus.

  • Agulla
    • Subgenus Agulla
      • A. (A.) arazonia (Banks)
      • A. (A.) amaudi (Aspöck)
      • A. (A.) assimilis (Albarda)
      • A. (A.) astuta (Banks)
      • A. (A.) barri (Aspöck)
      • A. (A.) bicolor (Albarda)
      • A. (A.) bractea Carpenter
      • A. (A.) crotchi (Banks)
      • A. (A.) faulkneri Aspöck
      • A. (A.) flexa Carpenter
      • A. (A.) herbsti (Ebsen-Peterson
      • A. (A.) Agulla nixa
    • Subgenus Galavia
      • A. (G.) adnixa (Hagen)
      • A. (G.) modesta Carpenter
      • A. (G.) paramerica Aspöck
      • A. (G.) unicolor Carpenter
    • Subgenus Franciscoraphidia
      • A. (F.) directa Carpenter
    • Subgenus Californoraphidia
      • A. (C.) nigrinotum Woglum & McGregor
    • Subgenus incertae sedis

References
  1. Engel, M. S. (2011). "A new snakefly from the Eocene Green River Formation (Raphidioptera: Raphidiidae)". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 114 (1–2): 77–87. doi:10.1660/062.114.0107.
  2. Scudder, G., & R. Cannings. 2008. Checklist of the Raphidioptera (Snakeflies) of British Columbia.


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