Alena | |
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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]
At present 11 living species of Alena are known.