Semachrysa

Semachrysa
Semachrysa jade female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota or Neuropterida
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Chrysopidae
Subfamily: Chrysopinae
Tribe: Ankylopterygini
Genus: Semachrysa
Brooks, 1983[1]

Semachrysa is a genus of green lacewing found from Japan to Australia along the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. 20 Semachrysa species have been described between 1914 and 2012. 15 of them - one of which was new - have been included in a recent taxonomic study:[2]

Further members include:

References

  1. Brooks SJ (1983) A new genus of Oriental lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 47: 1-26.
  2. Winterton, S.; Guek, H. P.; Brooks, S. (2012). "A charismatic new species of green lacewing discovered in Malaysia (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): The confluence of citizen scientist, online image database and cybertaxonomy". ZooKeys. 214 (214): 1–11. doi:10.3897/zookeys.214.3220. PMC 3426877Freely accessible. PMID 22936863.
  3. Yang, X.-K.; Yang, C.-K. 1991: Four new species of lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Acta entomologica sinica, 34(2): 212-217. abstract and pdf
  4. Yang, X. 1997: Catalogue of the Chinese Chrysopidae (Neuroptera). Serangga, 2(1): 65-108.
  5. Yang, J.; Wang, X. 1994: The golden eyes of Yunnan with descriptions of some new genus and species (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University, 9(2): 65-74. abstract and pdf
  6. Tsukaguchi, S. 1995: Chrysopidae of Japan (Insecta, Neuroptera). Published by the author, Aioi-cho 6-14-102, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo, 662 Japan.
  7. Yang, C-k.; Yang, X. 1989: Fourteen new species of green lacewings from Shaanxi Province (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Entomotaxonomia, 11(1-2): 13-30. abstract and pdf
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