Published October 30, 2023 | Version v1
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Plesiochrysa Adams 1982

  • 1. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China & chuw 5304 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4215 - 939 X
  • 2. College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China & ziyuanli 1996 @ foxmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 0326 - 7550
  • 3. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Description

Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982

Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982: 28.

Type species: Chrysopa brasiliensis Schneider, 1851: 83, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Medium to large green lacewings; body color mostly greenish, head marked or not; palpus tapered apically, mandibles broad, asymmetrical. Pronotum sometimes elongate, marked or not; meso- and metanotum marked or not. Male genitalia with asymmetrical pseudopenis, and bending entoprocessus; tignum absent (in the Old World species) or present (in the New World species).

Distribution. Australian, Neotropical, and Oriental regions.

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Maozhi, Li, Ziyuan & Liu, Xingyue, 2023, A new species of Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966 and new record of Plesiochrysa ramburi (Schneider, 1851) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from China, with potential biocontrol significance, pp. 568-582 in Zootaxa 5360 (4) on page 575, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10084802

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Adams
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Chrysopidae
Genus
Plesiochrysa
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982 sec. Wang, Li & Liu, 2023

References

  • Schneider, W. G. (1851) Symbolae ad monographiam generis Chrysopae, Leach. Sexaginta picturarum tabulis, in lapide acu delineatis, quarum quinquaginta quatuor coloribus impressae sunt, illustratae. apud Ferdinandum Hirt, Vratislaviae, 178 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8500