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Alena
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Alena

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.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Alena distincta

speciesAlena distincta

Alena michoacana

speciesAlena michoacana

Alena minuta

speciesAlena minuta

Alena alanae

speciesAlena alanae

Alena americana

speciesAlena americana

Alena australis

speciesAlena australis

Alena caudata

speciesAlena caudata

Alena horstaspoecki

speciesAlena horstaspoecki

Alena infundibulata

speciesAlena infundibulata

Alena schremmeri

speciesAlena schremmeri

Alena tenochtitlana

speciesAlena tenochtitlana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 253226.