Puncha ratzeburgi
| Puncha ratzeburgi | |
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| Puncha ratzeburgi, female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Raphidioptera | 
| Family: | Raphidiidae | 
| Genus: | Puncha | 
| Species: | P. ratzeburgi | 
| Binomial name | |
| Puncha ratzeburgi (Brauer, 1876) | |
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Puncha ratzeburgi is a species of snakeflies in the family Raphidiidae.
These snakeflies have long prothorax, hyaline wings with a distinct pterostigma and a long ovipositor in the females. They are predatory, both as adults and larvae and they are widely distributed in Central and Eastern Europe.
References
- Biolib
- Fauna europaea
- H Aspöck - The Raphidioptera of the Apennines Peninsula
- E. Haring Molecular phylogeny of the Raphidiidae (Raphidioptera)
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