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Jared Shorma
Cool Lacewing
Tuscon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 26, 2019
Awesome white lacewing! I really hope this can go to species!
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Jared Shorma
on 11 June, 2020 - 10:53pm
Last updated 1 January, 2021 - 8:30pm
Thinking out loud… or in text?
We can rule out all of our Nothochrysinae (
Nothochrysa
&
Pimachrysa
) given the green coloration, lack of an orange head, and their significantly different wing venation. We can rule out
Leocochrysini
(
Leocochrysa
) as the only western member has rather different wing venation as well. And it isn't either of our 2 Belonopterygini as this doesn't have a shortened prothorax. So definitely Chrysopini.
Ceraeochrysa
is ruled out per below. The facial markings don't align with any of our species of
Chrysopa
,
Kymachrysa
, or
Nineta
in range. The marked scapes and body rule out any
Chrysoperla
. Antennal scapes aren't structured right for most
Meleoma
as they aren't strongly and atypically cylindrical. It doesn't align with any of the
Pseudomallada
species either. And we only get a single species of
Plesiochrysa
in Florida.
By process of elimination, that should just leave
Eremochrysa
and
Yumachrysa
(or one of the
Meleoma
with more
Chrysopa
-like scapes). Both are most speciose in (and around) Arizona as well.
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 3 May, 2021 - 8:01am
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 1 January, 2021 - 8:30pm
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Moved
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Ceraeochrysa
.
This doesn't appear to be any of the species of
Ceraeochrysa
reported in the US and may well be out of range of the genus. There are various species of the desert southwest that won't key out in the Stange key to Floridian genera and tend to be a bit lesser known. I'd presume one of the other genera of Chrysopini.
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 13 December, 2020 - 9:08pm
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v belov
, 25 July, 2020 - 12:51pm
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