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Alena (snakefly)

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Alena (snakefly)
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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]

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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)
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