Species Chrysopa nigricornis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)

Family Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings)

Genus Chrysopa

Species nigricornis (Chrysopa nigricornis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chrysopa nigricornis Burmeister, 1839

Size

20mm body length (reported here, large for a green lacewing)

Identification

A rather large, pale Chrysopa species. Note the almost entirely unmarked pronotum, and the almost entirely pale head capsule, with only one pair of small dark spots, one on each side of the clypeus. The proximal parts of the antennae are usually (though not always) darkly colored (John Oswald).

Wing venation of Chyrsopa nigricornis:

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 December, 2008 - 1:27pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 8:27pm

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