Genus Chrysoperla

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Beautiful Blue-eyed Lacewing - Chrysoperla

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)

Suborder Hemerobiiformia

Family Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings)

Subfamily Chrysopinae

Tribe Chrysopini

Genus Chrysoperla

Numbers

8 spp. in our area(1), 3 spp. range into Canada(2)

Range

throughout NA(1)

Remarks

"Chrysoperla carnea does not occur in North America. It is a European member of a sibling species complex that contains several other species in North America. Some of the members of this complex are only differentiable on the basis of 'songs' (abdominal tremulation patterns), and are not distinguishable on any known morphological grounds." (J.D. Oswald)

Internet References

Cornell University

Works Cited

1.	Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico By N.D. Penny, P.A. Adams, & L.A. Stange

2.	Chrysopidae of Canada and Alaska (Ins., Neuroptera): revised checklist, new and noteworthy records,and geo-referenced localities By J.A. Garland & D.K. Mce. Kevan

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 18 September, 2005 - 7:09am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 2 July, 2011 - 12:02pm

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