RAPHIDIOPTERA
(snake flies)

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RAPHIDIIDAE
a family of snakeflies
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 28 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderRAPHIDIOPTERA (snake flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jepson, J.E. 2023 Lacewings and their Allies
Plant, C.W. 1997 A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their allies AIDGAP, 90pp, Field Studies Council

RAPHIDIOPTERA (snake flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for RAPHIDIOPTERA (snake flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for RAPHIDIOPTERA (snake flies)
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