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Chrysopa - Apertochrysa luctuosa

Chrysopa - Apertochrysa luctuosa
16 km SE Flagstaff, Walnut Canyon National Monument, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
September 4, 2016
2042 m 35°10'21.0"N 111°30'28.6"W, Black Light 8-9 PM, Coll: Gary Alpert, rim of canyon, picnic area near visitor center, WP 236
Deposited in the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) for the National Park Service
Photographer Catherine Bollich

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Moved
Moved from Chrysopini.

Chrysopini
Another possibility is Nineta nanina, which I've yet to see a specimen of. The allied N. gravida has very similar facial markings to Chrysopa. I'm able to fairly easily rule out the vast majority of Chrysopa. N. nanina is also known from Arizona (and Utah). It might be worth contacting Dr. Catherine Tauber (Cornell University) in case she has access to specimens for comparison.

 
Further research & references
I managed to track down the original description of N. nanina and a key against local species of what are now Meleoma (p. 344 below).

https://lacewing.tamu.edu/neuropterida/neur_bibliography/edoc12/banks1911ref50s-3057.pdf

The entirely pale antennae rule out N. nanina. There's mention of a couple other species with these facial markings from Arizona, all which would be new for the guide. The current combinations are Pseudomallada luctuosus and Meleoma schwarzi.

I've followed that lead to a paper by Adams (pp. 178-180 below) and another by Adams & Garland (esp. pp. 243, 246).

https://lacewing.tamu.edu/neuropterida/neur_bibliography/edoc12/adams1962ref1289s-6967.pdf
https://lacewing.tamu.edu/neuropterida/neur_bibliography/edoc12/adams1982ref1310-370.pdf

Adams remarks about M. schwarzi that "it is the only known species, inhabiting semi-desert areas in the southwest, which is green, with two brown dorsal longitudinal stripes and pale antennae," though that seems to either be ignoring P. luctuosus or ruling its region not semi-desert. The stripes down the thorax here are indeed more restricted (comparing descriptions and using N. gravida in an attempt at a proxy for N. nanina), and the markings on top of the head do align well with the photo in the Adams & Garland reference. So this may instead be a lead for P. luctuosus.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Green Lacewing
I like the sharp dorsal stripes, but I'm not sure what this is yet. Possibly a new species for BUGGUIDE. (...in or near Chrysopa)

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