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Discovery in France of a snakefly species previously thought to be endemic to the Iberian Peninsula: Fibla hesperica Navás, 1915 (Raphidioptera, Inocelliidae)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Fibla hesperica Navás, 1915, a species previously thought to be endemic to Spain and Portugal, is reported for the first time in France, in the Hérault department, notably in the Montpellier urban area. The species’ identification criteria are illustrated. The origin of this population is discussed. The presence of unidentified Fibla specimens in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, and Vaucluse departments is confirmed by recent photographs, which may correspond either to F. hesperica or to F. maclachlani (Albarda, 1891), a species known from Corsica and Italy.

Source: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France

DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2400

Authors: Pierre Tillier, Sophie Clauzon, Marie Ruel, Théo Chassagnard, Pierre-Henri Fabre, Benoît Nabholz, Sébastien Puechmaille

Institutions: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Societe entomologique de France, Université de Montpellier, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier

Language: English

Topic: Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4417029576

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