Published November 21, 2025 | Version v1
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Chrysopa Leach 1815

  • 1. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
  • 2. School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. & State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.

Description

Genus Chrysopa Leach, 1815

Chrysopa Leach, 1815: 138. Type species: Hemerobius perla Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by ICZN, 1954: 3.

Aelops Billberg, 1820: 95. Type species: Hemerobius chrysops Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Tjeder, 1966: 351.

Emerobius Costa, 1834: 72. Type species: Hemerobius chrysops Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Melanops Doumerc, 1861: 192. Type species: Chrysopa parvula Doumerc, 1861, by monotypy.

Chrysopisca McLachlan, 1875: 23. Type species: Chrysopisca minuta McLachlan, 1875, by monotypy.

Cintameva Navás, 1914a: 214. Type species: Cintameva venulosa Navás, 1914, by original designation.

Minva Navás, [1919a] 1920: 288. Type species: Minva punctata Navás, 1920, by original designation and monotypy.

Polyphlebia Navás, 1935: 88. Type species: Polyphlebia punctata Navás, 1936, by original designation and monotypy.

Metachrysopa Steinmann, 1964: 264. Type species: Chrysopa septempunctata Wesmael, 1841, by original designation.

Nigrochrysopa Steinmann, 1964: 264. Type species: Chrysopa formosa Brauer, 1850, by original designation.

Parachrysopa Séméria, 1983: 310. Type species: Hemerobius pallens Rambur, 1838, by original designation and monotypy.

Furcochrysa De Freitas & Penny, 2000: 167. Type species: Furcochrysa allata De Freitas & Penny, 2000, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Medium to large sized. Body mostly green. Head usually extensively marked with black spots or stripes; palps tapered apically; mandibles broad, asymmetrical; antenna shorter than forewing. Pronotum unmarked or with black markings; meso- and metanotum marked with black markings or unmarked. Two series of gradate crossveins, basal inner gradate meeting PsM. Male genitalia with tignum absent or small; gonapsis absent; entoprocessus broad basally with dorsal horn; mediuncus arcuate, tapering apically, separated from gonarcus; gonarcus long, narrow, sometimes with a pair of short median horns; gonosetae very long, numerous (Brooks & Banard 1990; Breitkreuz 2018).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Maozhi, Lai, Yan, Zhang, Dong & Liu, Xingyue, 2025, The green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Tuha Basin, Xinjiang, northwestern China, with two new species and new record to China, pp. 509-526 in Zootaxa 5722 (4) on page 512, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17892851

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Leach
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Neuroptera
Family
Chrysopidae
Genus
Chrysopa
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Chrysopa Leach, 1815 sec. Wang, Lai, Zhang & Liu, 2025

References

  • Tjeder, B. (1966) Neuroptera - Planipennia. The Lace - wings of Southern Africa. 5. Family Chrysopidae. South African Animal Life, 12, 228-534.
  • Navas, L. (1914 a) Neuropteros nuevos o poco conocidos (Segunda y Tercera serie). Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona, 11, 105-119 + 193 - 215.
  • Navas, L. (1935) Insectos de Berberia. Serie 12. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica de Espana, 18, 77-100.
  • Navas, L. (1936) Nevropteres et insectes voisins. Chine et pays environnants. Neuvieme [IX] serie. Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise, 3, 37-62 + 117 - 132.
  • Steinmann, H. (1964) The Chrysopa species (Neuroptera) of Hungary. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 56, 257-266.
  • Wesmael, C. (1841) Notice sur les Hemerobides Belgique. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles, 8, 203-221.
  • Breitkreuz, L. C. V. (2018) Systematics and evolution of the family Chrysopidae (Neuroptera), with an emphasis on their morphology. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, xxix + 661 pp.