Alena (snakefly)

Alena
Lateral View of Holotype Male Alena Aztekoraphidia-alanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Raphidioptera
Family:	Raphidiidae
Subfamily:	Raphidiinae
Genus:	Alena Navás, 1916
Species
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Alena is a genus of snakeflies in the family Raphidiidae. All species are predatory, both as adults and larvae. They occur in North America in the South-Western United States and Western to Central Mexico. ^[1]

Systematics

At present 11 living species of Alena are known.

• Alena
  • Subgenus Alena
    • Alena (Alena) distincta (Banks, 1911)

• • Subgenus Aztekoraphidia
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) alanae Martins, Aspöck, Aspöck & Contreras-Ramos, 2022
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) australis (Banks, 1895)
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) caudata (Navás, 1914)
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) horstaspoecki U. Aspöck & Contreras-Ramos, 2004
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) infundibulata U. Aspöck et al., 1994
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) michoacana U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck, 2013
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) minuta (Banks, 1903)
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) schremmeri U. Aspöck et al., 1994
    • Alena (Aztekoraphidia) tenochtitlana U. Aspöck & H. Aspöck, 1978)

• • Subgenus Mexicoraphidia
    • Alena (Mexicoraphidia) americana (Carpenter, 1959)

References

1. Martins, C.C., Aspöck, H., Aspöck, U. & Contreras-Ramos, A.. 2022. Phylogeny and biogeography of the unique snakefly genus Alena Navás, 1916 (Raphidioptera: Raphidiidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80: 39-58. PDF