Agulla (snakefly)

Agulla is a genus of snakeflies in the family Raphidiidae.

Agulla species are predatory, both as adults and larvae. They occur in North America in Western Canada (British Columbia) and in the Western United States, specifically in the Rocky Mountains and westward, including the southwestern deserts.

Systematics

At present 31 living and two extinct species of Agulla are known from North America. The species are divided into four subgenera, with the two extinct (†) species left unplaced in the genus.

• Agulla
• Subgenus Agulla
• A. (A.) arazonia <small>(Banks)</small>
• A. (A.) amaudi <small>(Aspöck)</small>
• A. (A.) assimilis <small>(Albarda)</small>
• A. (A.) astuta <small>(Banks)</small>
• A. (A.) barri <small>(Aspöck)</small>
• A. (A.) bicolor <small>(Albarda)</small>
• A. (A.) bractea <small>Carpenter</small>
• A. (A.) crotchi <small>(Banks)</small>
• A. (A.) faulkneri <small>Aspöck</small>
• A. (A.) flexa <small>Carpenter</small>
• A. (A.) herbsti <small>(Ebsen-Peterson</small>
• A. (A.) Agulla nixa
• Subgenus Galavia
• A. (G.) adnixa <small>(Hagen) </small>
• A. (G.) modesta <small>Carpenter</small>
• A. (G.) paramerica <small>Aspöck</small>
• A. (G.) unicolor <small>Carpenter</small>
• Subgenus Franciscoraphidia
• A. (F.) directa <small>Carpenter</small>
• Subgenus Californoraphidia
• A. (C.) nigrinotum <small>Woglum & McGregor</small>
• Subgenus incertae sedis
• †A. mineralensis (Miocene, Stewart Valley, Nevada, USA)
• †A. protomaculata (Lutetian, Green River Formation, Colorado, USA)

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