Agulla (snakefly)
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Agulla Temporal range: Lutetian-Recent |
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| Agulla species, Packer Lake, California | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Raphidioptera |
| Family: | Raphidiidae |
| Tribe: | Aguillini |
| Genus: |
Agulla Handlirsch, 1908 |
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Agulla is a genus of modern snakeflies in the family Raphidiidae.
Agulla species are predatory, both as adults and larvae. In North America occur exclusively in the Western United States, namely in the Rocky Mountains and westward, including the southwestern deserts.
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.
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