Alena (snakefly)
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| Alena | |
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| Lateral View of Holotype Male Alena Aztekoraphidia-alanae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Raphidioptera |
| Family: | Raphidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Raphidiinae |
| Genus: | Alena Navás, 1916 |
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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]
