MEGALOPTERA 



FAM. RAPHIDIDiE 



by Esben PETERSEN 



WITH 2 COLOURED PLATES 



,ahe Raphidida are nearest allied to the Sialidte and form together with this familv the order 

 Megalopttra, which order hitherto has been regarded as a group Of the Planipennia. 



From the Sialida the family may be known by the very long prothorax, which is 

 nearly as long as the rest of the body, by the small wings with open nervatur and well- 

 developed pterostigma, by the long ovipositor of the female, and by the terrestrial habits of the larvae. 



HISTORICAL NOTES 



The family Raphididm was established by Latreille in « Considerations generales sur l'Ordre 

 naturel des Animaux, etc. », 1S10. In « Monographia generis Rhaphidiaj •■, Vratislavia?, 1S40, 

 Schneider described Inocellia as a sub-genus, which later on has got generic rank. The two genera. 

 Rapliidia and Inocellia, are still the only known in the family, although the number of species is growing 

 \arger. Here follows a list of the most important litterature concerning the family : 



Albarda : 



Revision des Rhaphidides (Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 04, p. 65-184. { - 2-11, 1S91). 



Banks : 



A Synopsis. Catalogue, and Bibliography of the Neuropteroid Insects of temperate North America 



(Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Vol. 19, p. 327-374, 1892). 

 Some Mexican Neuroptera (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc. (2), Vol. 5, p. 5i5-D22, i8g5). 

 Neuropteroid Insects from Arizona (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. Vol. 5, p. 237-243, igo3). 



