Puncha ratzeburgi is a species of snakefly in the monotypic genus Puncha belonging to the family Raphidiidae.[3][4]
This species is widely distributed in Central and Eastern Europe[5] (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland).[6] Isolated populations have been found from southern France, the Apennine and Balkan Peninsula. These insects inhabit mountains at an elevation up to 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) above sea level.
Puncha ratzeburgi can reach a wingspan of about 24 millimetres (0.94 in).[7] These snakeflies have long prothorax, hyaline wings with characteristic veination, a distinct pterostigma ranging from yellow-ocher to ocher-brown and a long ovipositor in the females.[8]
They are predatory, both as adults and larvae.
Museum specimen
Puncha ratzeburgi is a species of snakefly in the monotypic genus Puncha belonging to the family Raphidiidae.
